Community Corner
Assistance League of Diablo Valley's Operation School Bell Receives Donation from Wells Fargo
In 2006, two community-minded forces launched a corporate partnership.
Wells Fargo-Walnut Creek Bank Manager Lori Noia (l) presents check to Assistance League of Diablo Valley President Veronica Gant, Vice President Resource Development Wendy Schmitz, and Grants Chairman Susan Angle.
Assistance League of Diablo Valley® has been serving the Contra Costa community since 1967. One of its nonprofit hands-on programs, Operation School Bell®, has provided new clothing and shoes to elementary school children since 1994. When young, lifelong learners receive such items as two pairs of pants for boys and optional skorts for girls, three polo shirts, one sweatshirt, six pairs of socks and underwear, improved school attendance, campus citizenship and overall performance result.
While accepting a check in the amount of $5000 from Wells Fargo-Walnut Creek Bank Manager Lori Noia at a recent meeting, Assistance League of Diablo Valley President Veronica Gant expressed appreciation for continued generosity from the champions of “strength and stability.” Assistance League of Diablo Valley has enjoyed a long-standing and warm relationship with Wells Fargo since 2006, when the two community-minded forces launched a corporate partnership. Wells Fargo remains a most consistent corporate partner by sending teams to help staff programs at least once every year and providing grants to support those programs.
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With financial contributions and staffing support from corporations like Wells Fargo, Operation School Bell, which is the largest of our community based programs, furthered a successful learning experience for more than 4,200 local schoolchildren in 2013-2014 alone. To date, Operation School Bell member volunteers have clothed 3,655 children in the Mt Diablo and Pittsburg School Districts. Succinctly worded, “Together, we’ll go far!”
To learn about Assistance League of Diablo Valley’s eight other philanthropic programs and its recently awarded GuideStar Exchange gold participation level status, please visit this website: diablovalley.assistanceleague.org or the GuideStar Exchange.
