Smyrna non-profits honored by Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo team members chose to honor 40 Metro Atlanta non-profits, including five from Smyrna, with $1,000 grants as part of its Third Annual Days of Giving celebration

40 nonprofits from Cobb County and surrounding areas were honored at a breakfast ceremony Tuesday, Nov. 9 at the Mansour Center in Marietta. The Smyrna groups that received grants were Habitat for Humanity, 40 Girls and Some Shoes, American Lung Association, Woodland Ridge and Special Olympics.

“Just the names of many groups say so much,” said Jim Lawrence, Wells Fargo’s community bank president for Cobb.  “We are proud to reach so many groups and people through this.”

Wells Fargo’s Atlanta team pledged $937,000 during its annual United Way Community Support Campaign, a 10-percent increase from 2010. Wells Fargo’s Atlanta employees, as well as those in other business lines, chose which groups to honor during the Days of Giving celebration based on their work in the community.

The company is also making a $600,000 contribution to the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta as part of the campaign.

Other Cobb County nonprofits honored at the breakfast include:

• Center for Children and Young Adults
• Center for Family Resources
• Children's Bilingual Theater Fund
• Extension Inc.
• Girls Inc.
• Pearl Foundation
• SafePath Children's Advocacy Center
• Sean Costello Memorial Fund to Benefit Bi-Polar Research, Inc.
• Share Our Strength
• , Marietta
• Voice Today Inc.
• Delivered Vessels Inc.
• Girl Scouts, Mableton
• Grace Community Support Corporation/Camp Nehemiah
• YWCA, Marietta
• Kennesaw Museum Foundation
• Society of Saint Vincent dePaul
• YMCA, Kennesaw
• Top of the Line Residential Care and Development