Wells Fargo, KaBOOM! Unite to Build New Playground in South Austin, Designed by Local Kids
June 07 2019 - 1:39PM
Business Wire
More than 200 volunteers celebrate increased play opportunities
for thousands of Chicago youth
Two hundred volunteers from Wells Fargo and Kidz Express joined
KaBOOM! to transform an empty site into a state-of-the-art
playground in just six hours, serving thousands of families in the
South Austin community.
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The new play area is located at Kidz Express, a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit youth community center dedicated to improving the lives
of more than 100 inner city children through academic support, peer
mentoring, and leadership development. Kidz Express collaborated
with Wells Fargo and KaBOOM! to ensure local youth have an exciting
new place to play.
“Up until now, play for these kids was limited to an indoor
multipurpose room and a decrepit, old playground. Having a
brand-new play area will provide a fun and engaging outlet for
communication, problem-solving, sharing and other critical coping
skills,” says Doug Low, executive director of Kidz Express. “We’re
very grateful that Wells Fargo and KaBOOM! are helping kids put
play first.”
In March, South Austin kids participated in a special event
where they designed their dream playground. That dream became a
reality when volunteers built their new play space, inspired by
those designs, in under one day.
This playground is part of a broader local effort led by Wells
Fargo and KaBOOM! to create an oasis for kids to feel valued and
nurture their potential.
“Wells Fargo is devoted to transforming the lives of Austin
residents, and this new playground is just one way in which we hope
to achieve a lasting impact on the community,” says Andrew Ruehl,
community relations senior consultant. “We want these kids to feel
supported and celebrated. They deserve a space to call their own,
where kids can be kids.”
Since 2015, Wells Fargo has invested $100,000 each year in the
Austin neighborhood. In 2018, Wells Fargo doubled its investment
through United Way of Metro Chicago Neighborhood Network
Initiative, bringing our total commitment to $600,000 by 2020.
In addition, Wells Fargo Illinois team members volunteered
nearly 24,000 hours and contributed nearly $963,000 to nonprofits
through the company’s internal Community Support Campaign in 2018.
That same year, Wells Fargo donated more than more than $17.1
million to more than 200 Illinois nonprofits through corporate and
foundation giving.
More than 3,400 team members across 50 Wells Fargo lines of
business serve a broad range of commercial, corporate, and
individual customers in Chicagoland.
About Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified,
community-based financial services company with $1.9 trillion in
assets. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial
needs and help them succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and
headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking,
investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer
and commercial finance, through 7,700 locations, more than 13,000
ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has
offices in 33 countries and territories to support customers who
conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 262,000
team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the
United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 26 on
Fortune’s 2018 rankings of America’s largest corporations. News,
insights and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also available at
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