Ken Knox and Marianne Holmes present Providence Center with Million Dollar Round Table Foundation Award

June 4, 2012 (PROVIDENCE, RI) –Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) Foundation awarded The Providence Center $2,500 in support of the Coping with Crisis Fund, which provides care to uninsured and underinsured clients. Currently, 83% of children and adults served by The Providence Center have an annual family income of less than $10,000 and 26% have no insurance.

Kenneth E. Knox, CLU, ChFC, a 32-year MDRT member and active supporter of The Providence Center secured the grant. Knox represented MDRT at a check presentation to The Providence Center President/CEO Dale K. Klatzker, Ph.D., on June 4, at The Providence Center’s 11th Annual President’s Cup Golf Tournament held at Rhode Island Country Club.

Knox and his wife, Marianne Holmes, were honored by The Providence Center for their philanthropic support of the community at the organization’s annual Circle of Stars event last year. Since 2003, Knox and Holmes have been active in supporting The Providence Center through the annual President’s Cup Golf Tournament. Knox is the regional director for the New England area of Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, North Attleboro, Mass., and Holmes is a financial advisor and owner of Harbour Point Financial Group, Inc., Providence, R.I. They reside in Seekonk, Mass.

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 $27 million in more than 67 countries throughout the world and in all 50 states. The majority of these funds were raised by MDRT members. Through generous support from MDRT members and industry partners, the MDRT Foundation’s global grant programs fund nonprofit organizations that build stronger families and communities worldwide. This year, the MDRT Foundation will award more than $850,000 in grants to more than 100 charities. 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.