WELLS FARGO COMMITS $500,000 TO SUPPORT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN NEW ORLEANS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12/09/2014
WELLS FARGO COMMITS $500,000 TO SUPPORT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN NEW ORLEANS
New $500,000 Grant to Support Healthcare and Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Development and Training Programs under the umbrella of the Economic Opportunity Strategy
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Tomorrow, Wednesday, December 10, 2014, Mayor Mitch Landrieu will join Wells Fargo Senior Vice President Hugh Rowden at the New Orleans East Hospital to announce a new workforce grant to the City of New Orleans. The $500,000 award will enhance the City’s ability to connect underemployed and unemployed residents to healthcare and advanced manufacturing sector careers through Mayor Landrieu’s Economic Opportunity Strategy.
The award continues Wells Fargo’s commitment to workforce training and will specifically support African American male job-seekers seeking healthcare and advanced manufacturing employment opportunities. The $500,000 grant will be administered by the Greater New Orleans Foundation under the over-all umbrella of the NOLA for Life fund.
WHO: Mayor Mitchell Landrieu, City of New Orleans
Hugh Rowden, SVP, Wells Fargo Ashleigh Gardere, Executive Director, The Network for Economic Opportunity City Councilmember James Gray, District E Mario Garner, President & CEO, New Orleans East Hospital Participants in past and present training programs
WHEN: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 10:30 a.m. WHERE: New Orleans East Hospital, 6th Floor 5620 Read Blvd New Orleans, LA 70127
