Canopy Children's Solutions Planned Giving Program

WHY CHOOSE CANOPY CHILDREN’S SOLUTIONS? For more than 100 years, Canopy Children’s Solutions (Canopy) has innovated solutions to solve the most vexing problems facing Mississippi’s children.

Founded in 1912 as Mississippi Children’s Home Society, Canopy opened its doors with the mission of placing orphaned children into forever families. As society become more complex, so too did Canopy and the solutions we offer Mississippi’s most vulnerable children and families.

Canopy’s mission is to help children thrive and families overcome extraordinary challenges by providing a continuum of behavioral health, educational, and social service solutions.

Canopy is committed to creating brighter futures. As Canopy envisions the next 100 years of solutions, your planned gift will be instrumental in creating historic and lasting impressions on Mississippi families and children.

READY TO MAKE A PLANNED GIFT?

Contact Canopy’s Development Office at development@mycanopy.org or call 769.777.1012 for more information about your options.

Canopy Children’s Solutions | Tax ID #: 64-0303085

Create a legacy of transformation by naming Canopy as a beneficiary of your will, retirement plan, life insurance policy or other planned gift.

EVERY CHILD CAN BECOME A SUCCESS STORY Canopy believes that every child can become a success story with the right support and resources.

Every day at Canopy, students achieve educational goals; families are healed; child victims of crime find a safe place; trauma is identified; children find their forever families; youth find hope to overcome behavioral and mental challenges; children on the autism spectrum benefit from best practice therapy; and, lives are transformed.

By choosing to support the mission of Canopy with your planned gift, you will ensure that thousands of children receive the support they need to overcome extraordinary challenges each year.

THE POWER OF PLANNED GIVING

There is no better way to make a lasting impact on the future of Mississippi’s children than by leaving a gift to Canopy in your will or by beneficiary designation. The power of a planned gift will serve to strengthen the historic care and innovation that Canopy has provided for more than 100 years.

Leave a legacy of transformation.

A HISTORY OF FIRSTS 1912

Mississippi Children’s Home Society was founded in Meridian, Mississippi

1957

Crestview Maternity Home for unwed mothers established – only maternity home in Mississippi licensed by the Department of Public Welfare and approved by the Mississippi Medical Association

1993

CARES Center, a 20-bed child and adolescent psychiatric residential treatment facility, opened and was accredited by Joint Commission. Today, CARES Center has grown into a 60-bed facility to serve Mississippi children

2007

Developed Mississippi Youth Programs Around the Clock (MYPAC), a regional community-based mental health service system throughout Mississippi to provide statewide home and community-based solutions

2018

Opened the Canopy Center of Excellence, integrating healthcare within the Centers for Autism Solutions and Behavioral Health Solutions

ADVOCACY For more than 100 years, Canopy has been advocating for Mississippi children and families. From creating community-based mental health care solutions to advocating for insurance coverage for autism therapy, Canopy has and will continue to be at the heart of Mississippi’s greatest advances for children and families.

When you leave a gift to Canopy, you ensure Mississippi’s most vulnerable children and families will continue to have a voice.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION Help Canopy create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture with your planned gift. As Canopy works toward building a dynamically inclusive profession, Canopy must educate ourselves and those people we serve through advocacy, leadership and by our own example.

You can help create a better future with a planned gift today.

HOW TO MAKE A PLANNED GIFT CONTACT CANOPY CHILDREN’S SOLUTIONS’ DEVELOPMENT OFFICE at 769.777.1012 or development@mycanopy.org for more information about your options.

CONTACT YOUR ATTORNEY OR YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR and let them know you are considering a planned gift to Canopy Children’s Solutions.

They can assist you in determining what type of gift best suits your personal and financial circumstances.

WITH A

PLANNED GIFT YOU CAN:

• Strengthen Mississippi Families • Advocate for Child Crime Victims • Raise Mental and Behavioral Health Awareness • Provide a Safe Environment for a Child • Support Autism Spectrum Disorder Therapy Research • Expand Access to Care for Mental and Behavioral Health • Provide Forever Families for Children through Adoption • Train Families to Provide Therapeutic Foster Care • Create Trauma-Informed Education Environments • Transform Lives

“Big things only happen when people decide they are going to make them happen. The best things only happen when people do their best to make big things happen.”

“Canopy’s planned giving program creates opportunities to help secure Canopy’s future without impacting your current circumstance. By making a bequest, you can also be a part of ensuring that Canopy will continue to transform the lives of generations of Mississippi’s most vulnerable children and families. We will all be gone one day, but with a planned gift, you can create a legacy of charity, faith, gratitude and hope.”

“We go through life becoming exposed to a lot. Our families, our schools, our churches, our co-workers, and a host of others you could name. When you find one among those that makes or made a difference in your life, they become meaningful. Having said that, what do you do about it? In my case, it was Canopy Children’s Solutions. After almost 50 years of observing a dedicated staff invariably changing the lives of Mississippi’s most vulnerable - our children, my wife Helen and I decided that to the extent we were able, we wanted to assure Canopy’s continued ability to do that. Accordingly, we have included Canopy in our estate plan, with the hope it will go on forever, continuing to transform the lives of Mississippians that need us most.”

INFORMATION ABOUT CANOPY FOR YOUR WILL OR BENEFICIARY FORMS Legal Name: Mississippi Children’s Home Society (d/b/a Canopy Children’s Solutions) Address: P.O. Box 1078, Jackson, MS 39215 Tax ID: 64-0303085