Colorado charities benefit from Wells Fargo, Wachovia merger
Because Colorado was the first state where financial institutions Wells Fargo and Wachovia integrated, Wells Fargo will award $95,000 in grants to 10 charities.
Nearly 13, 500 Wachovia customers helped choose the charities that will receive grants.
They include:
- American Cancer Society, Colorado Chapter – $25,000
- American Heart Association, Colorado – $20,000
- American Red Cross, Mile High Chapter – $15,000
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado – $5,000
- Colorado Children’s Campaign – $5,000
- Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Colorado – $5,000
- Junior Achievement, Rocky Mountain Chapter – $5,000
- Pueblo Hispanic Education Foundation – $5,000
- Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center – $5,000
- University of Colorado – $5,000