Local office makes a big impact through its work in helping solve childhood cancer
TeamConnor Childhood Cancer Foundation is receiving new support, thanks to a $50,000 grant from Northwestern Mutual.
Through its Foundation, Northwestern Mutual is awarding its Dallas office with the company’s 2012 Community Impact Award for its work with the TeamConnor Childhood Cancer Foundation. The Dallas-based nonprofit organization raises awareness, supports families and funds research to help find a cure for childhood cancer. To honor the office’s outstanding volunteer efforts, the TeamConnor Childhood Cancer Foundation will receive a $50,000 grant.
TeamConnor will use the grant to help take the Coins for Kids with Cancer campaign to the national level. The school-driven campaign, run within elementary and high schools, helps to raise awareness of childhood cancer and encourages students to donate coins for childhood cancer research.
Northwestern Mutual’s Dallas-based Managing Partner Tait Cruse and his wife Joy launched TeamConnor in 2007 as a promise to their eight-year-old son, Connor, who passed away after a four-year fight against neuroblastoma, one of the most common cancers affecting young children. They promised Connor that they would do everything they could to help keep other children from having to go through what he did. The Northwestern Mutual team committed to help raise money to support TeamConnor and fund research into new, innovative treatments for children with cancer.
“Northwestern Mutual’s generous grant to childhood cancer research will immediately and drastically improve the lives of those living with cancer,” said Tait Cruse, managing partner, Texas Financial Group. “We are grateful to Northwestern Mutual for their commitment to children’s health.”
Northwestern Mutual’s Community Impact Award annually recognizes offices that have demonstrated exemplary volunteerism in their own communities. The team in Northwestern Mutual’s Dallas office volunteers an average of 100 hours per month with the nonprofit.
“Few things are more emotionally rewarding to a family or a community than being able to contribute in a meaningful way to increasing the quality of life of our children,” said John Kordsmeier, president, Northwestern Mutual Foundation. “TeamConnor’s efforts to rally the community to cure childhood cancer are powerful, and it’s an honor for us to help mobilize their movement.”
Founded in 2007, the TeamConnor Cancer Foundation is a non-profit 501(c) that harnesses its resources to raise awareness, support families and fund treatments to help find a cure for childhood cancer.
The mission of the Northwestern Mutual Foundation – the largest corporate foundation in the state of Wisconsin – is to build strong, vibrant communities that serve as a legacy to future generations. The Foundation’s giving is designed to create an impact on the communities where the company’s employees and financial representatives live and work. In fiscal year 2012, the Foundation will contribute $16.7 million to nonprofit organizations across the country.
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company – Milwaukee, WI – among the “World’s Most Admired” life insurance companies in 2012 according to FORTUNE® magazine – has helped clients achieve financial security for more than 155 years. As a mutual company with $1.2 trillion of life insurance protection in force, Northwestern Mutual has no shareholders. The company focuses solely and directly on its clients and seeks to deliver consistent and dependable value to them over time. Northwestern Mutual and its subsidiaries offer a holistic approach to financial security solutions including: life insurance, long-term care insurance, disability insurance, annuities, investment products, and advisory products and services. Subsidiaries include Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC, broker-dealer, registered investment adviser, member FINRA and SIPC; the Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company, limited purpose federal savings bank; and Northwestern Long Term Care Insurance Company; and Russell Investments.
Story and photo by David Alvey.
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