Celebrating a decade of giving, the Northwestern Mutual Foundation has recognized 19 individuals as �Outstanding Volunteers� for 2004.   Open to more than 79-hundred representatives of the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, the program honored Ron Knox, from Brentwood, Tennessee, with its top award, �Most Exceptional Volunteer� for his 12 years of service to the Y-M-C-A of Middle Tennessee:

�Part of what we�re all about is trying to help other people and make differences in other people�s lives and the Y-M-C-A has proven to be a wonder way for me to contribute and try to help people in the community.�

As Most Exceptional Volunteer, Knox will receive a 25-thousand dollar grant for the Middle Tennessee Y-M-C-A.  Each of the other 19 outstanding volunteers will receive 10-thousand dollar grants.   Since the program�s inception in 1994, the Northwestern Mutual Foundation has awarded one-point-six million dollars.

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