WASHINGTON, June 15, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Wells
Fargo employees are celebrating
LGBT Pride month in a very special way: by volunteering with
Habitat for Humanity of Washington,
D.C. (DC Habitat) on Thursday, June
16 as part of DC Habitat's annual Rainbow Build. Members of
Wells Fargo's PRIDE Team Member Network, an employee affinity
group, will be completing landscaping and small construction
projects in the Ivy City neighborhood of Northeast DC, where DC
Habitat has been building affordable homes since 2010.
Now in its third year, Rainbow Build celebrates D.C.'s diversity
by bringing groups together to build a Habitat home and raising
awareness for the cause of affordable housing, particularly as it
related to LGBTQ and other social justice issues. Habitat for
Humanity believes that everyone deserves a decent place to live,
and that housing equality is an issue of social and economic
justice for all people. Through Rainbow Build, DC Habitat
aims to create a unified alliance between the LGBTQ organizations
of D.C. in order to work together to build a more affordable
city.
Community engagement isn't new for Wells Fargo; the company is a
longtime supporter of DC Habitat that provides crucial financial
support and rallies employees to get their hands dirty on DC
Habitat build sites. Last June, team members participated in the
second annual Rainbow Build, and Wells Fargo expanded this year's
sponsorship to include three additional theme builds to be held
throughout 2016. Wells Fargo was
also a major sponsor of DC Habitat's 25th Anniversary
Event in November of 2014 and helped to fund development of 11
recently completed homes in Ivy City through a Priority Markets
Grant.
"Wells Fargo is a highly valued partner that cares deeply about
supporting our affordable housing mission here in the District,"
said Susanne V. Slater, President
and CEO of DC Habitat. "We're especially excited to be teaming up
with them for this year's Rainbow Build and pleased to celebrate
Pride Month with them by investing in the
community!"
Wells Fargo &
Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based financial
services company with $1.8 trillion
in assets. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking,
insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial
finance through 8,800 locations, 13,000 ATMs, the internet
(wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in 36
countries to support customers who conduct business in the global
economy. With approximately 269,000 team members, Wells Fargo
serves one in three households in the
United States. Wells Fargo
& Company was ranked No. 27 on Fortune's 2016 rankings of
America's largest corporations. Wells Fargo's vision is to satisfy our customers'
financial needs and help them succeed financially. Wells
Fargo perspectives are also
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Stories.
Habitat for Humanity of Washington,
D.C. believes that everyone deserves a house they want
to call home. That's why we work to eliminate poverty housing and
homelessness in the nation's capital by building affordable,
energy-efficient homes for working families.
CONTACT: Maria Mastorakos
Habitat for Humanity of Washington,
D.C.
(202) 882-4600, ext. 233
Maria.Mastorakos@dchabitat.org
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