Today’s Promise for Tomorrow’s Patients
A simple way you can help us serve our patients and your community with exceptional, compassionate, and personalized care is to name Cooley Dickinson Hospital the beneficiary of your:
- Retirement plans, such as an IRA, your 401(k), 403(b), etc.
- Bank and brokerage accounts
- Paid-up life insurance policy
In addition to naming your loved ones, you can also name Cooley Dickinson Hospital to receive a percentage of your assets. It’s as simple as filling out a form.
You can obtain a “change of beneficiary form” by calling or visiting the website of your insurer, financial institution, or retirement plan administrator. The form takes just a few minutes to complete, yet the impact of your action will change people’s lives for generations to come. Your gift avoids income and estate taxes and unlike the formality or expense of updating your will, you can control these assets without changing your will or living trust. No attorney visits or legal fees are needed to make a lasting difference.
Learn more about Beneficiary Designations
For assistance, please contact:
Pamela Acheson
Director of Planned Giving
(413) 582-2255
Pacheson1@cooleydickinson.org
2023: Report on Giving
Throughout 2023 so many of you, our friends and supporters, gave generously to Cooley Dickinson. Click here to download the report and learn how your gifts were put to work caring for you and the people you love.

In this report, you will read about:
- Emergency Department Project Update: A Groundbreaking Occasion
- Freedom Credit Union and Cooley Dickinson: Partners in Caring for our Community
- Richard Cooper and Catherine Kay: Keeping their Connection to Community Alive and Well
- Patrick and Lois McCabe: Preparing for Future Emergencies Now
- Michael Klare and Andrea Ayvazian: Empathy in Action
- Dr. Michelle Helms: Supporting Cooley Dickinson’s Emergency Department Campaign
- Bikes Fights Cancer Donates $46,000 to the Mass General Cancer Center at Cooley Dickinson Hospital
- Jack and Nancy Spanbauer: A Gift from the Heart
- The Childbirth Center: Updated, Upgraded, and Elevated Thanks to You!
- Lisa Ekus: Celebrating Life!
- Finck & Perras: Goes Platinum!
- Daniel Polacheck: Inspiring and Outpouring of Memoriam Gifts
- Susan Hodgkins: A Lifetime of Involvement with Cooley Dickinson Hospital
- Marcia E. Burick: Her Commitment to Community Lives On
- Jon Steinberg: A Valentine for Marilyn
- and donor listings of our many generous supporters!