Caring for the Future of Sarnia-Lambton

The United Way of Sarnia-Lambton is known for its annual fall campaign; payroll deduction, BBQs and fundraising lunches, and direct mail are all the traditional fund-raising methods that quickly come to mind when we hear those words “United Way Campaign“.

In recent years the United Way has also been involved in promoting “planned gifts“; the concept of giving through an individual’s will, but might also include donating life Insurance, appreciated assets, charitable gift annuities, etc. All have very unique tax savings. The United Way of Sarnia-Lambton’s policy is to never spend those one-time, and often large contributions, and instead invest that money to provide annual, sustainable revenue to the United Way of Sarnia-Lambton.

Over the years, this amount of money has grown to nearly $3,000,000 plus an annual inflow of over 3.5% to the United Way each and every year.

This is why the Sarnia Lambton Future Fund Foundation was developed; a group of local volunteers whose role is to promote this kind of giving and to work with financial advisors to grow the principle. This cost-effective strategy will increase that annual revenue for the United Way, enabling the United Way Board and staff to focus on the annual campaign as well as  annual funding of local programs and services, enabling the Sarnia Lambton Future Fund Foundation to focus on promoting planned giving to the United Way.

The Sarnia-Lambton Future Fund encourages Sarnia-Lambton residents to donate portions of their will and through other means to the United Way (or directly to the SLFFF), and those contributions will be invested with the SLFFF and provide that stable, sustainable revenue to the United Way for many years to come.

We encourage people in our community to Leave a Legacy, and by donating a Planned Gift to the United Way of Sarnia-Lambton, their contributions will provide annualize funding for agencies each and every year…. forever.