Supporting people in the Los Angeles-area affected by wildfires

Описание: Wells Fargo volunteers pack food kits at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank to help people affected by wildfires. Read the full story at https://stories.wf.com/la-wildfires-s...


Transcript:

Roger Castle, Chief Development Officer, Los Angeles Regional Food Bank:
So today, we're at our facility in the City of Industry where we're packing food kits, either emergency food kits or food kits for seniors. We really heavily rely on volunteers to do this work. So you can imagine this cost savings that, companies like Wells Fargo coming in with 200 volunteers, really helps the food bank provide food to the community.

Robin Choi, Wells Fargo Volunteer:
Giving back to our community has always been a part of our DNA at Wells Fargo, as long as I can remember. But what's special about today is a lot of the victims of the wildfires are actually counting on food banks. And so, given the impact of the fires that have happened over the last several weeks, we felt it necessary for us to come out and do our part to go ahead and support Los Angeles recovery.

Castle:
The food bank feeds about 900,000 people each month, before any type of disaster. But during the pandemic and now during disaster with the LA wildfires, we've seen a marked increase in the people that need food assistance.

Alice Juarez, Wells Fargo Volunteer:
My hope is really a couple of things. One, that we're able to show our teams that it's important to give back, and we spend that time out there because our company wants to make sure our community is successful.

The other thing is really to help others know the importance of coming to volunteer here in Los Angeles
so that we are stronger together.

Erica Tejada, Wells Fargo Volunteer:
Being able to volunteer, and being able to give time is really important. And I'm afforded that opportunity through not only Wells Fargo, who gives us the chance to do this, but also because I'm able to do so. And I want my team to see that I can do this so that they can do the same thing.

Allison Niewenhuis, Wells Fargo Volunteer:
There's a lot of heartache in our communities right now. And so if we can take a little bit of that away by ensuring they have a nice, balanced meal to come home to and take care of their kids and their parents and their family, this takes a little bit off their plate, and we want to be a part of that.