Eighteen Marietta groups honored with $1,000 Days of Giving grants - "collectively a major impact," Wells Fargo leader says

Eighteen Marietta non-profits were honored 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 a series of community breakfasts across Atlanta. The Marietta groups were honored at a breakfast at the Mansour Center on Oct. 29.

Said Wells Fargo Area President Jim Lawrence, “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.

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 Michael Knowles, business banking manager.

The Marietta groups receiving $1,000 grants today were as follows.

Center for Children and Young Adults
Center for Family Resources
Cindy Donald Dreams of Recovery Foundation
Cobb Community Foundation
I Give Myself Away
Loving Arms Cancer Outreach
Marietta Museum of History
McCleskey-East Cobb & Northeast Cobb YMCA
MUST Ministries
Operation Stars & Stripes
Safe America Foundation
Safe Patch Children’s Advocacy Center
Simple Needs
The Extension Men’s Center
The Ronco Johnson Foundation
Voice Today
YELLS (Youth Empowerment Through Learning, Leading & Service)
YWCA of Northwest Georgia

Similar events are taking place this fall across Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi.

Photo Caption: DAYS OF GIVING - Eighteen groups from Marietta received $1,000 donations as part of Wells Fargo’s Days of Giving. Pictured (L-R): Tina Jones with The Extension Men’s Center, Brenda Rhodes with Simple Needs GA, Bridget Reyes with YELLS (Youth Empowerment Learning, Leading and Service), Don Crampton with Must Ministries, Andrea Schoeffler with Wells Fargo, Rosalyn-Sue Smith with Operation Stars & Stripes, Jan Galt with Marietta Museum of History and Shamichael Traylor with Loving Arms Cancer Outreach. Some 240 Atlanta area groups received the contributions in October.