Hands of Hope Receives Grant from Million Dollar Round Table Foundation

As part of its Worldwide Grant Program, the MDRT Foundation awarded a $5,000 grant to Hands of Hope. The grant will provide simple irrigation technology to smallholder farm families within the Western Province of Zambia.

Through its Worldwide Grant Program, the MDRT Foundation is committed to improving the quality of life in communities around the globe. This year, the MDRT Foundation will award almost $1 million in grants to more than 100 charities. Representing the MDRT Foundation, James W. Hessenthaler, CLU, ChFC, recently presented this grant to Vicky Wauterlek founder of Hands of Hope.

The MDRT Foundation was created in 1959 to provide MDRT members with a means to give back to their communities. Since its inception, the Foundation has donated more than $28 million in more than 70 countries throughout the world and in all 50 U.S. states. The majority of these funds were raised by MDRT members from MDRT members.

The MDRT Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the Million Dollar Round Table, The Premier Association of Financial Professionals®. MDRT is an international, independent association of nearly 36,000 of the world’s best life insurance and financial services professionals from more than 78 countries. MDRT members demonstrate exceptional product knowledge, strict ethical conduct and outstanding client service. MDRT membership is recognized internationally as the standard of sales excellence in the life insurance and financial services business.