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Eight Alpharetta, Milton Groups Honored With $1,000 Days of Giving Grants
Wells Fargo announces $1.8 million for United Way and Community Support campaign.
Eight Alpharetta and Milton non-profits were honored in October by Wells Fargo team members with $1,000 Days of Giving donations.
Wells Fargo also announced that its Atlanta-area employees gave or pledged $1.8 million this fall in the United Way and Community Support campaign – 24 percent more than last year.
In all, 240 groups are receiving $1,000 checks at four community breakfasts across Atlanta. Seven of the groups were honored at the Marriott Perimeter Center on Oct. 28.
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Said Wells Fargo Area President Scott Asher, “To some a $1,000 grant may seem small, but we know each of these great groups will be able to make a huge difference with this. And collectively this will have a major impact in our community.”
With the program in its sixth year, giving across Georgia will exceed $1.5 million this fall.
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All the groups were selected by frontline team members in bank offices in the Atlanta area for the work they are doing locally.
“We are doing our best to be a great local bank, and this is a cornerstone of our local giving and volunteerism,” said Robert Dobbs, business banking manager.
The following eight Alpharetta-Milton groups received $1,000 grants.
Alpharetta Police Athletic League
Canine Assistants
Krimson Community Foundation
Lion Hart School
Metropolitan Atlanta Ballet
Ryan Lee Holland Cancer Foundation
Senior Services North Fulton
Susan Chambers Dance Company
Similar events are taking place this fall across Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi.
Photo caption: DAYS OF GIVING - Eight groups from Alpharetta and Milton received $1,000 donations as part of Wells Fargo’s Days of Giving. Pictured (L-R): Brian Weiss with The Susan Chambers Dance Company, Natia Rage with Wells Fargo, Ally Franco with The Lion Hart School, Carrie Bellware with Senior Services North Fulton, Jacqueline Holland with the Ryan Lee Holland Cancer Foundation and Phil Richey with the Alpharetta Police Athletic League. Some 240 Atlanta area groups received the contributions in October.
