Include the CCPA-BC in your will — be a visionary leader for a just and sustainable future
Making a gift to the CCPA-BC in your will is not just for the wealthy or the elderly. Planned gifts can be in any amount and can be made at any point in your life. These gifts may take the form of bequests, trusts, life insurance policies, appreciated securities, real estate, or retirement plans. 
Passionate CCPA-BC members have stepped forward and expressed their vision for the future by making a deeply meaningful gift to the CCPA-BC in their estate plans. We hope that you will join them. Our goal is to confirm 100 future gifts in the next five years. If you have made a planned gift to the CCPA, please let us know, and if not, please consider doing so.
The Visionaries – our planned giving club
People who make a planned gift become members of a special group of CCPA-BC supporters called The Visionaries who have made economic, social, and environmental justice a part of their personal vision and legacy. The Visionaries are invited to special events and can choose to be publicly recognized for their contribution.
Contact us
Our Donor Development Officer Leo Yu is available to answer your questions or otherwise assist you with planned giving. Contact him at 604-801-5121 ext 225 or leo [at] policyalternatives [dot] ca.
Planned Giving Visionaries: Carole Christopher and Rick Pollay
CCPA members and donors since 2002, Carole Christopher and Rick Pollay have recently taken an important step by including the CCPA’s BC Office in their will.
Rick and Carole, like many CCPA members, have long been involved in progressive social causes. Rick is a former marketing professor at UBC who serves as a leading witness in litigation against tobacco companies, and Carole is a nutritionist and the former Chair of the Vancouver Food Policy Council who focuses on sustainable food systems. Over the years, they have valued the work that the CCPA-BC does because they feel that the organization expresses their values and their political and economic views.
What they have appreciated most about the CCPA, says Carole, is “the well-documented research that backs up the policy positions that the CCPA takes. We really appreciate having a go-to organization for the data and well-developed policy positions that support our values.”
Carole says that when she and Rick make donations to the CCPA, they feel like they’re “making a contribution to the future well-being of our society and planet.”
When asked what she would tell someone else who was thinking about making a planned gift to the CCPA-BC, Carole said that she would encourage them to “give generously to a great organization.”
