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Legacy Circle

Many people come to a point in their lives where they begin to think about how to give back to their community and how they will leave a legacy. You can play a leading role to ensure that the Arts Club’s future is as bright as its past with a planned gift.

With more than 50 years of producing live theatre behind us, we, too, are focused on the future. We recognize the importance of bringing the very best in theatre to our Vancouver stages while still cultivating our own emerging artists.

No matter the gift size, by making a gift of a bequest, an endowment, or publicly traded securities, you play an important role in creating a long-lasting impact. Your gift has a direct impact on helping the Arts Club to continue to make magic on our stages, develop new work, and train new voices for years to come.

Legacy gifts can also provide you with important reductions in estate and income taxes. When making a decision about leaving a legacy, we encourage you to speak with your legal and financial advisors.

To make a bequest or to join the Arts Club’s Legacy Circle, please contact Ruby Campbell, Planned Giving Officer, at rcampbell@artsclub.com or 604.687.5315, ext. 279.


THIS PROGRAM IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY

Bell Alliance

MAGARET GIBB, “AUNT GERRY”

MARGARET GIBB, “AUNT GERRY”

Margaret Gibb, affectionately known as “Aunt Gerry” by her nephew, was a longtime patron and donor of The Arts Club Theatre Company, and we would like to thank her for her Legacy Gift. We sincerely wish we would have had the chance to recognize Gerry in life!

Margaret passed away on September 12, 2023, at the age of 100 and we only found out about her generous Legacy Gift to the Arts Club after her passing. To honour her generosity, we connected with Aunt Gerry’s nephew to learn a little more about her life and legacy.

Aunt Gerry had an inquisitive, rich, and critical mind. For most of her career, she was a school librarian, and eventually obtained her Master’s Degree in Library Science. She was an avid bridge player and a strong devotee of the arts, including literature, plays, movies, and concerts. Her nephew recalls “Aunt Gerry often took me to plays in an effort to ‘culturize’ me.” Gerry was active in her community, as a past president of Brock House Society, and was passionate about giving back to her community.

Gerry enjoyed a variety of Arts Club productions over her fifteen years of patronage, from her first show Evita in 2004, to Arts Club classics Mom’s the Word, Sexy Laundry, and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, to the final show she attended in 2019, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberly. Throughout these years she also supported the Arts Club as a donor to various campaigns. Ruby Campbell, the Arts Club Planned Giving Officer, says “I wish we could have had an opportunity to meet and thank Aunt Gerry in person for her generous gift to the Arts Club! It’s always lovely to hear what inspires someone to leave a gift in their will, to hear how the Arts Club experience has impacted their life and their families.”

For those patrons considering leaving a legacy gift, we encourage you to let us know, so we can properly recognize you in life as part of our Legacy Circle. Ashlie Corcoran, Artistic Director, shares “we are truly grateful to our donors, whose support buoys the Arts Club’s future. We always appreciate meeting them, so that we can thank them in person, and learn best how to continue their legacy.”

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Your gift helps the Arts Club to continue to make magic on our stages, develop new work, and train new voices for years to come.

For more information, please contact Ruby Campbell, Planned Giving Officer, at rcampbell@artsclub.com or 604.687.5315, ext. 279.