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Helping Our Heroes™ - RANWC - Our History
The REALTOR® Association of NorthWest Chicagoland
Beginnings—Ken Hager & Helping Our Heroes Start
Ken Hager (Seminars Inc.) said to several fellow RANWC Affiliate Committee Members that is was rewarding to experience business success but it is more rewarding to help those less fortunate. Ken's statement predicated his suggesting that the RANWC Affiliates/Affiliate Committee create a charitable organization under the RANWC Corporate umbrella—the name was Helping Our Heroes™—the goal...to help Active Duty Illinois Reservists and National Guardsmen/Women with real estate related financial hardships.
In 2004, Ken Hager and several RANWC Affiliate Committee members appeared at a RANWC Board Meeting, presented the Helping Our Heroes charity idea, and was granted unanimous approval by the Board. In 2007, Helping Our Heroes™ expanded it's charitable work to include Illinois Military Personnel, Veterans, Fire Fighters, and Police Officers experiencing real estate related financial hardships.
Unfortunately Ken did not see Helping Our Heroes expanded charitable efforts—he passed away in 2005. Yet his legacy lives on and continues to grow. Ken enjoyed success yet thrived on helping others. His life philosophy, which he practiced, was
Live - Laugh - Love.
Thank You Ken Hager for your generous guidance
