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WSFS CARES Foundation Provided More Than $2.4 Million in Charitable Grants and Contributions in 2022
WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The WSFS CARES Foundation, the charitable giving arm of WSFS Bank (Nasdaq: WSFS), announced it provided grants and
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[{"type":"text","content":" WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nThe WSFS CARES Foundation, the charitable giving arm of WSFS Bank (Nasdaq: WSFS), announced it provided grants and donations totaling more than $2.4 million to community organizations located across Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania in 2022.\n\nIn addition to the grants, Team WSFS, the WSFS corporate volunteer program, saw Associates volunteer more than 17,000 hours in 2022, including community service and providing financial literacy lessons.\n\n“Our strategy of ‘engaged Associates, living our culture, enriching the Communities we serve’ is rooted in our history as a leader in our Communities for nearly 200 years,” said Patrick J. Ward, Executive Vice President, Pennsylvania Market President at WSFS Bank and Chairman of the WSFS CARES Foundation. “Community investments, affordable housing, revitalization and business economic empowerment, education and leadership development, and strengthening those in need are the key pillars of the WSFS CARES Foundation. Supporting organizations with a shared focus on these areas through grants and contributions combined with our Associate volunteerism helps bring our strategy to life and lead toward a day when everyone will thrive.”\n\nAmong the organizations the WSFS CARES Foundation supported in 2022 was the Brighter Horizon Foundation, a nonprofit based in Pennsylvania with a mission to support high school students in becoming the first in their family to pursue a four-year college education or an associate’s degree and a career in the trades.\n\n“The grant that Brighter Horizon Foundation received from the WSFS CARES Foundation allowed us to expand critical services our Scholars need to complete the College Readiness & Persistence Program; thereby, being the first in their families to attain a college degree,” said Yvette Bright, President & CEO, Brighter Horizon Foundation. “Our wrap-around services include academic support, tuition so each Scholar graduates debt-free, housing, meals, transportation, books; strategic and consistent mentorship, life-skills and professional development, financial literacy and now vital mental health services. The WSFS CARES Foundation is truly making an impact on breaking the cycle of generational poverty by providing funds for a post-secondary educational opportunity otherwise inaccessible to this Philadelphia st...