Five Sandy Springs Groups Honored with $1,000 Days of Giving Grants

Five Sandy Springs 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. Three of the groups were honored at the Marriott Perimeter Center on Oct. 28.

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.

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 area manager.

The following five Sandy Springs groups received $1,000 grants.

Georgia Bikes
It’s the Journey
Leadership Sandy Springs
Mary Hall Freedom House
U-Hope CDC
Similar events are taking place this fall across Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi.

Photo caption: DAYS OF GIVING - Five groups from Sandy Springs and Atlanta received $1,000 donations as part of Wells Fargo’s Days of Giving. Pictured (L-R): Kim Goff with It’s the Journey, Arzulia Fields with U-Hope CDC, Carolyn Axt with Leadership Sandy Springs and Eric Daniels with Wells Fargo. Some 240 Atlanta area groups received the contributions in October.