Texas Border Business
On Friday, May 24, 2019 the Wells Fargo Builds program, which provides financial support to nonprofit organizations, presented a $20,000 donation to Buckner International RGV to support build of a home in the lower Rio Grande Valley. This grant includes over 300 hours of volunteer service by 30 Wells Fargo team members who will work on this build.
As part of this program, the Wells Fargo team members get to participate in helping build, renovate, paint or repair a home for low-to-moderate income (LMI) homebuyers or homeowners.
The delivery of the check ceremony took place at the Wells Fargo Branch 120 W Nolana St., McAllen, Texas.Wells Fargo South Texas Region Bank President, Alma Ortega Johnson; Wells Fargo Commercial Banking Relationship Manager, Alex Cardenas; and Diego Silva, Director of the Buckner Family Hope Center at Peñitas were part of the event.
Buckner Rio Grande Valley, based in Mission, is a faith-based nonprofit ministry dedicated to transforming the lives of vulnerable children, families and senior adults. Buckner Rio Grande Valley is an extension of Buckner International, which was founded in 1879 in Texas and today serves people in the United States and internationally through a variety of programs designed to protect children and build strong families. Buckner’s programs include foster care and adoption, family transition programs, community-based family preservation programs and retirement services for senior adults. Buckner also provides humanitarian aid and crisis relief to poverty-stricken children and families. Learn more and get involved at www.Buckner.org/Rio-Grande-Valley
