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Wells Fargo awards $52,000 to nonprofits in valleys, including CSUN’s USU

(September 29, 2008)

By  - 9/29/2008
San Fernando Valley Business Journal Staff

The store managers of Wells Fargo’s Valley offices were each given the opportunity to make $1,000 donations to 52 charities of their choosing.

The gifts were made at the company’s annual Community Support Breakfast at the Braemar Country Club on Sept. 17.

“We have been doing this for some years now,” said Wells Fargo spokesperson Pia Hahn.

The company allows the giving decisions to be made by the store managers, she said, so they can select a non-profit in their community they want to honor.

“Once a year we get together and have a gifting ceremony,” said Hahn. “They are unsolicited grants and are just our way of showing our support for the community.”

Organizations receiving the grant money included:

Aish Tamid of Los Angeles

Angels Way

Armenian Relief Society Western USA

Black Baseball Players

Remembering When Foundation

Boys and Girls Club of Santa Clarita Valley

Calabasas Raiders

Calabasas Rotary Club Charitable Foundation

Castiac Lions Club

Catholic Charities of L.A.– Guadalupe Center

Circle of Hope

California State University

Northridge - University Student Union

Dixie Canyon Avenue School

Domestic Violence Ctr. of Santa Clarita Valley

Facing Forward

FirstHigh Alumni Association, Inc.

Guide Dogs of America

Hands for Hope

Hebrew Discovery Center

Herbert Hoover High School

Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Church

Holy Family

ida

International Student Film Festival

Kiwanis Club of Canoga Park

Leonis Adobe

Living Praise Christian Church

Los Angeles Police Memorial Foundation

Medicine for Humanity

MEND

Michael Hoefflin Foundation

Mid Valley Family YMCA

New Leash on Life Animal Rescue Foundation

Poverello of Assisi Preschool

Santa Clarita Valley Project

Shane’s Inspiration

Shomrei Torah Synagogue

Single Mothers Outreach

Smiles

St. Bernardine of Siena School

St. Ferdinad Elementary

Staff of Hope

Taking the Reins

Gentle Barn

The Learning Center Foundation

The Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry

Village Family Service

Valley Beth Shalom

Valley Family Center

Volunteer Resource Ctr, Santa Clarita Valley

West Valley Boys & Girls Club Inc.

Youth Speak! Collective

YWCA of Glendale.

Backpacks from Aerospace

For the tenth year, employees from Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne in Canoga Park donated backpacks and school supplies to low-income students.

This year employees gave out 500 backpacks during an assembly at Rosa Parks Learning Center, a public elementary school in North Hills. An additional 200 backpacks will be distributed in October.

Employees from Hamilton Sundstrand Space Land, and Sea-Rocketdyne in Pomona also contributed to the donation.

“Many families cannot afford basic school supplies for their children,” said Debra Bergman, education relations coordinator, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. “These backpacks fulfill that need and help children get off to a great new start this school year. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is proud to be part of that.”

“Project Backpack,” reaches thousands of low-income students in the Simi, San Fernando, Conejo and Santa Clarita valleys.

This is a regular feature on philanthropic activities by Valley-area businesspeople and companies.

Publication: San Fernando Valley Business Journal