Van Ru Credit Corporation Grants 12th Wish

DES PLAINES, IL, July 11, 2005—Van Ru Credit Corporation is deeply committed to assisting charitable causes and organizations in the local community. In support of this commitment, Van Ru has been working with the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois since April of 2001 and became a Bronze Corporate Partner in 2004. The Make-A-Wish Foundation is the national wish-granting organization dedicated to making wishes come true for children with serious illnesses.

Since 2001, Van Ru’s employees have raised nearly $51,000 in support of this organization. Money is raised when employees “purchase” the option to dress casually for up to six days each month. Once the monetary goal is achieved, a check is presented to the Make-A-Wish organization, and another child’s wish is granted.

Recently, Van Ru granted its twelfth wish. The wish was for Dan, a thirteen-year-old boy from Bolingbrook. Dan has Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy which is a rapidly progressive form of Muscular Dystrophy which targets the lower body. An animal lover, Dan is especially interested in marine life. His wish was to go to Sea World, meet a marine biologist and swim with the dolphins which he was able to do with his family this spring. Van Ru is already busy collecting money toward the thirteenth wish.