Northwestern Mutual Upstate SC offices and Paladin football athlete raise funds for childhood cancer
October 28, 2024
Upstate SC and Furman Paladin senior linebacker #39, Evan DiMaggio, proudly announce their participation in the National Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Cancer Champion Competition. The fundraising competition was designed to support critical childhood cancer research for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a long-time partner of Northwestern Mutual.
“Evan and the other football players are making an incredible impact on and off the field. It has been inspiring to watch communities, businesses, and universities rally behind these athletes’ efforts and come together for such a meaningful cause,” said John Tripoli, Managing Director for Northwestern Mutual’s Upstate SC offices.
As part of the competition, student-athletes from FCS schools and their local Northwestern Mutual offices have come together to help drive donations to accelerate the search for better treatments and cures for childhood cancer. Each player is raising funds in a variety of ways including rallying friends and family, reaching out teammates and alumni networks, and leveraging social media to promote Northwestern Mutual’s #LemonTopChallenge. For every challenge completed, Northwestern Mutual will donate $10, up to $100,000, to ALSF.
Northwestern Mutual will donate $10 to the designated player’s fundraising page for anyone who takes the challenge and posts it to their social media feeds up to $100,000. To participate in the #LemonTopChallenge, participants are required to balance a Lemon on your head, snap a picture, post the photo on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, or Instagram Feeds, and tag @alexslemonade , @northwesternmutual, #GoPaladins and #LemonTopChallenge. All tags must be included.
About Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) emerged from the front yard lemonade stand of 4-year-old Alexandra “Alex” Scott, who was fighting cancer and wanted to raise money to find cures for all children with cancer. Her spirit and determination inspired others to support her cause, and when she passed away at the age of 8, she had raised $1 million. Since then, the Foundation bearing her name has evolved into a national fundraising movement. Today, ALSF is one of the leading funders of pediatric cancer research in the U.S. and Canada raising more than $200 million so far, funding 1,000 research projects and providing programs to families affected by childhood cancer. For more information, visit AlexsLemonade.org.
About Northwestern Mutual Foundation
The mission of the Northwestern Mutual Foundation is to improve the lives of children and families in need. The Foundation has given more than $490 million since its inception in 1992 and is designed to create lasting impact in the communities where the company’s employees and financial representatives live and work. We accomplish this by combining financial support, volunteerism, thought leadership and convening community partners to deliver the best outcomes. Our efforts are focused nationally on curing childhood cancer, and locally on education, neighborhoods and making our hometown of Milwaukee a great destination. Visit Northwestern Mutual Foundation to learn more.
About Northwestern Mutual
Northwestern Mutual has been helping people and businesses achieve financial security for more than 165 years. Through a comprehensive planning approach, Northwestern Mutual combines the expertise of its financial professionals with a personalized digital experience and industry-leading products to help its clients plan for what’s most important. With over $627 billion of total assets1 being managed across the company’s institutional portfolio as well as retail investment client portfolios, more than $36 billion in revenues, and $2.3 trillion worth of life insurance protection in force, Northwestern Mutual delivers financial security to more than five million people with life, disability income and long-term care insurance, annuities, and brokerage and advisory services. Northwestern Mutual ranked 110 on the 2024 FORTUNE 500 and was recognized by FORTUNE® as one of the “World’s Most Admired” life insurance companies in 2024.
Northwestern Mutual is the marketing name for The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (NM), Milwaukee, WI (life and disability insurance, annuities, and life insurance with long-term care benefits) and its subsidiaries. Subsidiaries include Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC (NMIS) (investment brokerage services), broker-dealer, registered investment adviser, member FINRA and SIPC; the Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company® (NMWMC) (investment advisory and services), federal savings bank; and Northwestern Long Term Care Insurance Company (NLTC) (long-term care insurance). Not all Northwestern Mutual representatives are advisors. Only those representatives with “Advisor” in their title or who otherwise disclose their status as an advisor of NMWMC are credentialed as NMWMC representatives to provide investment advisory services.
1 Includes investments and separate account assets of Northwestern Mutual as well as retail investment client assets held or managed by Northwestern Mutual.
