Make a Planned Gift, Make an Estate Plan
Ensure Clarke’s excellence for generations to come with a legacy gift.

Honoring the Past, Investing in the Future
Plan Your Legacy
Clarke honors and recognizes those extraordinary people who have provided for Clarke in their estate plans by means of a bequest, charitable trust, annuity, life insurance policies, retirement plans and other vehicles.
If you have included Clarke in your estate plans, please let us know. We would like to thank you for your generosity; make sure the purpose of your gift is understood and documented.
Planned giving includes leaving a bequest in your will, trust or from your retirement plan to provide a continuation of the giving you attended to during your lifetime. After you are gone, you may want to provide a legacy to Clarke to perpetuate funds needed to continue the mission initiated many years ago. And the gift may be tax deductible!
- Hy Darling, chair of the estate planning and elder law department, Bacon Wilson, P.C. and a Clarke donor
Meet Legacy Donors

My attorney suggested that I might enjoy the act of giving my legacy gift today. Becoming a member of the John Clarke Legacy Society has been a very satisfying experience. My mother-in-law, Marion Wood, was a teacher at Clarke for many years and my gift honors her dedication to teaching children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
- Joyce Gare

She taught people by how she lived, even in how she left her estate. The best we can do is be receptive to these lessons.
- Jane Berger, about her friend Bluma Cohen who made a legacy gift to Clarke. Read about a legacy gift from Bluma.

To her, Clarke saved her. She loved it there. Once she got there she blossomed.
- Mildred, about her mother Amelia Ragis who attended Clarke and left a legacy gift. Read more about Amelia on page 22.

Make a Planned Gift, Make a Difference
For more information on these meaningful gifts, please contact develop@clarkeschools.org or 413.584.3450.
Our Stories
Ashton
Meet six-year-old Ashton, a bright and creative student who has been part of the Clarke community since he was two.
Read More »Noah
A proud student in Clarke's Preschool and Early Elementary Program, Noah wears both a hearing aid and CROS device to...
Read More »Coraline
Coraline is a vibrant six-year-old in Clarke’s Early Childhood Program who lights up every room with her smile and energy.
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