On behalf of the Morgan Hill School District, Supt. Carolyn
McKennan accepted a check for $2,640 from Wells Fargo Bank at
recent ceremony at the Santa Clara County Office of Education.
On behalf of the Morgan Hill School District, Supt. Carolyn McKennan accepted a check for $2,640 from Wells Fargo Bank at recent ceremony at the Santa Clara County Office of Education.
Wells Fargo created a community-based program created to help support public schools financially during a time of unprecedented budget shortfalls.
In California alone, approximately $1.5 billion may be cut from the state’s education budget for the current school year which will affect Bay Area schools and programs.
Through the Team Up for Our Schools program, every new Wells Fargo consumer checking account opened between June 2 and Aug. 31, up to $20 was donated by Wells Fargo to local school districts. The school district where the Wells Fargo store is located received $10 for every new Wells Fargo consumer checking account opened and an additional $10 when new and existing banking customers sign up and use Wells Fargo Bill Pay, a service to pay bills online.
“Just like everyone in the community, we at Wells Fargo are aware of the challenges our public schools face given current budget cuts,” said Bob Worth, San Francisco Bay Region Community Banking president with Wells Fargo. “The Wells Fargo Team Up for Our Schools program was created to give our community, our customers and our team members a chance to become part of the solution. Together, it’s one more way that we can help make sure students and parents feel less of the budget pinch.”
In addition, Bay Area stores are organizing supply drives and working with many local school districts. Wells Fargo contributed $3.3 million to Bay Area education programs during 2002. In the past three years alone, Wells Fargo contributed more than $60 million to schools and educational programs across the country.
