Bank raises money for nonprofits
Wells Fargo & Co. has announced that its Southern California team members, which include staff in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, pledged $589,000 to 980 local nonprofit organizations and schools through its annual Community Support and United Way Campaign, according to a news release. "This was the company's most green campaign to date, with nearly 100 percent of all pledges made online and the elimination of nearly all print marketing materials," it states. Companywide, team members donated $41.9 million to more than 25,000 nonprofits and schools through the campaign, which was a 21 percent increase over the combined Wells Fargo and Wachovia campaigns last year. Wells Fargo owns Wachovia. Overall, more than 160,000 team members participated in the campaign in some way.
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