Northwestern Mutual In Clayton Teams Up With The Gateway Grizzlies To Raise $9,300 For Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation

ST. LOUIS, MO -- September 14, 2016 -- The Northwestern Mutual Network Office in Clayton, MO teamed up with the Gateway Grizzlies to raise $9,300 for the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer. The Grizzlies, Northwestern Mutual-Clayton and the Northwestern Mutual Foundation made a donation for each home run hit by a member of the team during the 2016 season.

Shown at the check donation ceremony at GCS Ballpark in Sauget, Illinois (home of the Grizzlies) are from left Izzy the Grizzlie; Joe Masterson with the Grizzlies; Steve Gomric, GM of the Grizzlies; Steve Gross, Managing Partner with Northwestern Mutual

in Clayton; Kelly Gross, Megan Gross, Ryan Gross, Sean Gross, Stephen Gross, Stephanie Meissner with Northwestern Mutual-Clayton; Zach Gross, and Janice Wilson with Northwestern Mutual-Clayton.

The Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) is a non-profit partner for Northwestern Mutual’s Childhood Cancer Program. ALSF helps fund the advancement of research for treatments and cures of childhood cancer. ALSF has raised $120 million since 2005, and has helped fund over 550 research projects conducted at 102 top hospitals and institutions in the U.S. and Canada. Thousands of Northwestern Mutual employees and financial professionals nationwide have supported the cause by raising funds in their communities.

The monies raised by Northwestern Mutual-Clayton will support researchers efforts to find breakthrough treatments and cures for childhood cancers.

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 $274 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.

About Northwestern Mutual

Northwestern Mutual has been helping families and businesses achieve financial security for nearly 160 years. Our financial representatives build relationships with clients through a distinctive planning approach that integrates risk management with wealth accumulation, preservation and distribution. With $238.5 billion in assets, $27.9 billion 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 insurance and investment solutions, including life, disability income and long-term care insurance; annuities; trust services; mutual funds; and investment advisory products and services. Northwestern Mutual ranks 100 on the 2016 FORTUNE 500, and is recognized by FORTUNE® as one of the “World’s Most Admired” life insurance companies in 2016.

Northwestern Mutual is the marketing name for The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Milwaukee, WI, 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, Iife insurance with long-term care benefits, investment products, and advisory products and services. Subsidiaries include Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC (NMIS), broker-dealer, registered investment adviser, member FINRA and SIPC; the Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company (NMWMC), federal savings bank; and Northwestern Long Term Care Insurance Company (NLTC).

About Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) emerged from the front yard lemonade stand of cancer patient Alexandra Alex Scott (1996-2004). In 2000, 4-year-old Alex announced that she wanted to hold a lemonade stand to raise money to help find a cure for all children with cancer. Since Alex held that first stand, the Foundation bearing her name has evolved into a national fundraising movement, complete with thousands of supporters across the country carrying on her legacy of hope. To date, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a registered 501(c)3 charity, has raised more than $100 million toward fulfilling Alex’s dream of finding a cure, funding over 500 pediatric cancer research projects nationally. For more information on Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, visit AlexsLemonade.org.