AIM Chairman Club’s Director Helen Snodgrass (above left) spent her life caring for others, sharing AIM health and nutrition, and touching people’s lives. And thanks to AIM, she will continue to do so long after her passing.

Helen, who passed away in 2008, has left her mark on Georgia’s Eagle Ranch children’s home where her legacy reaches all corners. The multi-faceted Eagle Ranch center reaches out to boys and girls between the ages of 8 and 18 with troubled home lives and provides a nurturing environment centered on Christian values and seeks family restoration and reunification. At Eagle Ranch, the children are provided with a safe home, a good education, and professional counseling services, teaching the kids how to overcome their past and giving them a bright future to look forward to.

“It’s a wonderful place for children to receive some healing in their life and to receive some counseling and to really receive a second chance in life,” says Beth Wilson, an Eagle Ranch administrator.

Helen Snodgrass’s impact on Eagle Ranch traces back to 2001 when Helen graciously paid for a girls home to be built on the Eagle Ranch campus. The facility, christened as the Praise Home, was the very first girls’ facility at Eagle Ranch, and Helen paid for the construction out of her earnings as a Chairman’s Club Director with The AIM Companies™.

“At the time, we only had 42 boys on campus, but there were a lot of sisters to these boys who needed a place to go for this season of their life,” Beth says. “They got some counseling, some better education, and worked on troubles that were going on in the home.

“Since then we’ve had many girls come through that Praise Home and spend a season of their life. Two years is the average that the kids spend at the ranch. They attend the school on the campus, have devotions in the chapel, play amongst the horses and have a horse program, play in the lake and in the pool and the recreation center.”

The Praise Home, along with another girls home built the same year, allowed for the first girls to attend Eagle Ranch. Just last year, the ranch completed construction of two more girls homes that are set to open later in 2010.

Since its founding in 1985, Eagle Ranch has helped over 600 teens and children. The campus contains six boys homes, the four girls homes, a middle school, a chapel, a recreation center, and an athletic center. To this day, Eagle Ranch runs almost entirely on private donations and remains debt-free.

A big part of the financial stability can be attributed to the legacy of Helen Snodgrass. Her contributions have helped Eagle Ranch become the largest children’s home in northern Georgia, and her generous giving continues to be a constant for Eagle Ranch thanks to the business that Helen built with AIM. When Helen passed away in 2008, she bequeathed her AIM business to Eagle Ranch. Every month, the ranch receives a check from AIM, and that money goes to help care for the children of Eagle Ranch.

“We will never forget Helen and her generosity,” says Beth, who helps manage the AIM membership.

Helen Snodgrass’s legacy continues to touch new lives every day. What kind of legacy will you leave?