John Noldan (center, wearing cap), executive vice president of mortgage lending at Elmhurst’s Rate (formerly Guaranteed Rate), is joined by business development manager Andrew Winton (sitting on curb) and York High School varsity football teammates after a successful day of assembling more than 400 care packages for deployed military troops. The boxes, filled with personal items and small gifts, are part of the fifth annual packaging event during which Rate has partnered with Support Over Stigma. Support Over Stigma is a non-profit organization that helps support military, first responders, and veterans with outreach, educational programs, and other resources. District 205 elementary schools, Edison, Hawthorne, and Lincoln, along with St. Alphonso’s Liguori Catholic School in Prospect Heights, penned hundreds of handwritten notes of encouragement to be included in the care packages. Volunteers from the Elmhurst Garden Club, Lions and York Township assisted with the letter-writing campaign. For more information, visit supportoverstigma.org.
