Jubilee Park receives $155,000 from Wells Fargo to continue revitalization efforts in Southeast Dallas
WHEN: June 5, 2018 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
WHAT: Dallas-based Jubilee Park will receive a $155,000 from Wells Fargo, to support the agency’s work in providing affordable housing in Southeast Dallas. The grant is part of Wells Fargo’s Leading the Way Home® Priority Markets program. The check presentation will be followed by a Neighborhood Beautification Project, in which more than 20 Wells Fargo volunteers will participate helping repair and improve the grounds of the senior residence complex on campus.
WHERE: 4936 Gurley Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75223
WHO: City of Dallas Deputy Mayor Pro Tem, Adam Medrano; Dallas Councilmember for District 7, Kevin Felder; Wells Fargo Region Bank President for Greater Dallas, Scott Wallace; Jubilee Board of Directors Chair, David Martin; Jubilee Park CEO, Ben Leal; and Jubilee Park resident, Jesus Varella.
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) announces a $155,000 donation to Dallas-based Jubilee Park. This grant will support the agency’s work in providing neighborhood revitalization and affordable housing in Southeast Dallas. The grant is part of Wells Fargo’s Leading the Way Home® Priority Markets program, a nationwide effort to increase the availability of affordable housing while stabilizing and rebuilding distressed neighborhoods.
Jubilee Park and Community Center is a non-profit community housing development organization providing quality affordable housing. Jubilee Park and Community Center has been a catalyst for community renewal and enrichment to the Jubilee Park Neighborhood, a 62- block area in southeast Dallas.
This grant is one of 56 Priority Market grants – totaling $6 million – awarded by the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation last year. This year’s donation will be made in a formal check presentation, followed by a volunteer project where more than 20 Wells Fargo volunteers will work on a beautification project of the grounds of Gurley Park an affordable housing complex for low-income senior citizens located at Jubilee Park. The team will repair landscaping, fencing and common areas while also working with the senior citizen residents to decorate and plant flowerpots for their front porch.
About the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation
In 2016, the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation donated $20 million in support of affordable housing initiatives serving low- and moderate-income households – including for seniors, veterans, and families – through community revitalization efforts. Since its inception in 1993, the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation has invested more than $190 million in such efforts, along with mobilizing more than 4.7 million team member volunteer hours to build and rehabilitate nearly 7,100 homes and counting. www.wellsfargo.com/about/wfhf_oview
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, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than 8,300 locations, 13,000 ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in 42 countries and territories to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 263,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 25 on Fortune’s 2017 rankings of America’s largest corporations. In 2017, Wells Fargo donated $286.5 million to 14,500 nonprofits and Wells Fargo team members volunteered a record 2 million hours. Wells Fargo’s corporate social responsibility efforts are focused on three strategic priorities: diversity and social inclusion, economic empowerment, and environmental sustainability. News, insights and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also available at Wells Fargo Stories.
