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The man with the glass slipper

April 16, 2010 at 8:06 pm by Brian Koonz

Hi everyone,

Noel Hord has spent his career building some of world’s top shoe brands, including Nine West and Easy Spirit, into a commercial force.

But his real life’s work — the mission that fulfills Hord and makes him whole — is helping others.

“I came from a very socially conscious family,” said the 63-year-old Hord, who lives in Danbury with his wife, Tamar. “My parents instilled in me, really more by their actions than their words, that we are our brother’s keeper.“

On April 24, Hord will receive the Robert S. Young Humanitarian Award at Ability Beyond Disability’s Confetti Gala. The fundraiser will be held at the Amber Room Colonnade in Danbury.

This is not the first time that Hord, a former member of the Ability Beyond Disability Board of Directors, has been recognized for his compassion and philanthropy.

It surely won’t be the last for Hord, the son of a minister and a teacher.

As a boy growing up in Terre Haute, Ind., not too far from the Illinois border, Noel Hord watched his parents give back to the local community — sometimes with their money, but mostly with their hearts.

To read more about Noel Hord and Ability Beyond Disability, check out my Take on Life column Sunday.

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