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21
Take Army Sgt. Buddy Mays of
Meansville, Ga., who returned home to
an uncertain future after his Humvee
was hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq.
He was left a paraplegic and faced
not only supporting his wife and two
young daughters but also a drafty
house that he could barely navigate in
his wheelchair or aord because of its
high energy costs.
That all changed because of
WellsFargo’s partnership with Purple
Heart Homes of Statesville, N.C., one
of 25,000 nonprofits WellsFargo
worked with in 2011 to make a
dierence in the lives of others.
Purple Heart Homes founders John
Gallina and Dale Beatty (also injured
Iraq combat veterans) turned to
WellsFargo to help rehabilitate Mays’s
home because of the company’s
reputation for bringing community
leadership to bear when confronted
with a tough challenge.
“Community support, financing, and
volunteers — WellsFargo brings all of
that,” Gallina said.
With the help of an army of WellsFargo
volunteers from Georgia Community
Banking, Environmental Aairs,
and WellsFargo Home Mortgage,
Mays’s house today is a dierent
place: wheelchair accessible and
easier to maintain, thanks to energy-
ecient heating and cooling systems,
enhanced insulation, and ENERGY
STAR®appliances.
“It’s simplified everyday life and
everything in my house in a way that
most people will never understand,”
Mays said. “The volunteers overwhelm
me the most. That all of these people
who don’t know me would do this —
well, there’s really not much I can say
but ‘thanks.’ ”
How did WellsFargo become known as one of the
most generous companies in the U.S.? Byinvesting
our resources in the thousands of communities we
are proud to call home — and by helping solve big
issues one at a time.
25,000 partnerships
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2011
Build and renovate
aordablehousing.
Teach financial literacy and
workforce development skills.
Help struggling homeowners
stay in their homes.
Read to children in elementary
school classrooms.
In 2011, WellsFargo
partnered with nonprofits to: