Bascom Palmer Eye Institute offers opportunities to celebrate or remember a loved one or a special friend while supporting research programs at our cancer center. Tribute gifts at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute provide much-needed funds for our groundbreaking research projects.
Gifts of $10 or more can be made in honor or in memory of an individual or group. In response to each gift, a personalized card is sent to the honoree or the honoree’s family to notify them of the gift. To make a tribute gift, call 305-326-6190 or donate online through our secure form.
Sample of card honoree will receive
Memorial Donations in Obituaries
You may choose to include the following in the obituary:
Donations may be made to Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.
Here is sample wording you may use:
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Bascom Palmer in memory of [Name Here] to support [Name of Research]. Checks should be made payable to Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Development Office, 900 NW 17th Street, Miami, FL 33136. Credit Card donations can be made on our website by clicking on this link: bascompalmer.org or by calling the development office at 305-326-6190.
In the event of that donations should be designated to a specific physician, please inform donors to incorporate the doctor’s name in the memo line on checks or comments section online.
Telephone: Donors who wish to donate over the phone may contact our office at 305-326-6190.
Special Occasions
“In Honor” gifts can be made in lieu of birthday and anniversary presents, or to recognize a retirement, wedding, graduation, job promotion, birthday or other special occasion. A certificate is prepared for the honoree recognizing the special occasion and including the names of all who made donations in the person’s honor. To learn more, contact the Bascom Palmer Development Office at 305-326-6190.
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, as part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, is a not-for-profit, 501c3 corporation and as such, all gifts, contributions, and donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.