Heritage Planning Partners Provides Strands of Support with Beads of Courage

CHICAGO - Nov. 6, 2017 - PRLog -- A trip to Dylan's Candy Bar can be sweet. But when the financial professionals of Heritage Planning Partners brought their kids to the gumball tables, peppermint stools and lollipop chandeliers, the real treat was found in unwrapping inspiring beads. One by one the kids and their parents strung colorful beads and created bracelets to be shared with pediatric cancer patients through the Beads of Courage arts-in-medicine program.

"A core value of our firm is to practice the golden rule of doing what is in the best interest of our clients, our families and our communities," said Adam Waitzman, CLU^®, a founding member of the Chicago-based financial planning firm.  "While we can celebrate each other, we can also provide strength and inspiration for others."

Northwestern Mutual, which launched its national childhood cancer philanthropic initiative in 2012, recently announced a partnership with Beads for Courage. Through the Beads of Courage Program, children and teens receive colorful beads that visually commemorate treatment and procedure milestones they overcome while receiving treatment for cancer. The Beads of Courage Program is a standard of excellence in over 150 children's hospitals in the U.S., helping children record, tell and own their stories of courage. It is estimated that over 5,000 children and teens coping with cancer will receive Beads of Courage annually during their treatment journey thanks to Northwestern Mutual

"Through this activity, we hope that we teach our kids the importance of empathy and letting other children know they are being thought of and that no one fights alone when facing childhood cancer," Waitzman added.

About Heritage Planning Partners
Adam M. Waitzman, Benjamin F. Voigt, and Michael V. D Aquila use Heritage Planning Partners as a marketing name. Heritage Planning Partners is not a legal entity or separate business. Heritage Planning Partners is a Chicago-based financial planning firm providing expert guidance to help clients manage financial risk and achieve financial security. Further information can be found at http://heritageplanningpartners.nm.com/

About Beads of Courage
The mission of Beads of Courage, Inc. is to provide innovative arts-in-medicine programs that improve the quality of life for children coping with serious illness, their families, and the clinicians who care for them. Beads of Courage programs are evidence-based interventions designed to strengthen resilience, alleviate suffering, and improve the psychosocial adjustment process. Beads of Courage, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. For more information or to make a donation, visit www.beadsofcourage.org.

About Northwestern Mutual
Northwestern Mutual has been helping families and businesses achieve financial security for 160 years. Through a distinctive, whole-picture planning approach including both insurance and investments, we empower people to be financially confident so they can live life differently. We combine the expertise of our financial professionals with a personalized digital experience to help our clients navigate their financial lives every day. With $250.4 billion in assets, $28.2billion in revenues, and more than $1.6 trillion worth of life insurance protection in force, Northwestern Mutual delivers financial security to more than 4.4 million people who rely on us for life, disability income and long-term care insurance, annuities, brokerage and advisory services, trust services, and discretionary portfolio management solutions. The company holds more than $100 billion of client assets as a part of its wealth management company and investment services. Northwestern Mutual ranks 97 on the 2017 FORTUNE 500 and is recognized by FORTUNE® as one of the "World's Most Admired" life insurance companies in 2017.


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. Northwestern Mutual and its subsidiaries offer a comprehensive approach to financial security solutions including: life insurance, long-term care insurance, disability income insurance, annuities, life insurance with long-term care benefits, investment products, and advisory products and services. Subsidiaries include Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC (NMIS) (securities), broker-dealer, registered investment adviser, member FINRA and SIPC; the Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company® (NMWMC) (fiduciary and fee-based financial planning services), federal savings bank; and Northwestern Long Term Care Insurance Company (NLTC) (long-term care insurance).