Leaving a Gift in your Will

Cancer is the largest health problem facing our generation — nearly half of all Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. And cancer research can take years of painstaking, diligent work.

The BC Cancer Foundation funds leading-edge research by scientists at BC Cancer who are discovering new and better ways to diagnose, treat and prevent the disease. This vital knowledge is improving — and saving — the lives of men, women and children in communities throughout British Columbia.

As they continue with their research, our world-class scientists need their studies to be funded for as long as it takes to find the next breakthrough. And that’s where you can help — by remembering the BC Cancer Foundation in your will.

We have partnered with Epilogue, an online will platform designed to help you create the will you need and realize the legacy you wish to leave behind. Time and cost are common estate planning barriers for our donors. Our hope is that this will help make the process of creating a will more accessible. However, if you have complex needs or specific wishes, we continue to encourage you to speak with your advisors.

The BC Cancer Foundation funds the areas of greatest priority and promise identified by BC Cancer’s brilliant scientists and clinicians. These projects hold the potential to revolutionize the way we prevent and treat cancer, by putting research into practice.

By generously supporting this life-saving work, our donors are helping make BC Cancer an international leader with some of the best outcomes in the world. They’re helping us find solutions that ensure life beyond cancer is within reach for the 80,000 British Columbians who rely on cancer care each year.

The John Jambor Legacy Circle recognizes the BC Cancer Foundation donors who provide for a future gift through their will, registered plans, life insurance or other estate planning vehicle. This visionary commitment ensures that life-saving research and enhancements to care at BC Cancer continue to reach new heights.

In the estate plan the late John Jambor and his grandson William McCarthy created, Mr Jambor left a bequest to the BC Cancer Foundation that grew to $21.4 million and was gifted to the BC Cancer Foundation in 2012. This was the largest charitable bequest in B.C.’s history at the time.

Today, over 30 years after Mr. Jambor’s passing, the Jambor-McCarthy legacy continues to have a lasting impact on cancer research and care across the province. Mr. Jambor’s gift set into motion advancements that are transforming our understanding of cancer, benefiting many British Columbians now and for many years to come.

By leaving a gift in your will, you are joining the John Jambor Legacy Circle and helping us go Beyond Belief and making a lasting difference in our community.