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Three teenagers and one adult with their backs facing us are walking toward a large house with the letters NACTEC across the entrance. A mountain is in the background.

Teaching job skills to rural Alaskan teens

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Teaching job skills to rural Alaskan teens

In one of the most remote areas in North America, the Northwestern Alaska Career and Technical Center is equipping teens with the education and skills they need to thrive.

History
Two side-by-side images show a room with display cases holding clothing items and baskets. On the walls are other display cases with a number of artifacts.

How Wells Fargo helps to preserve Alaskan heritage

History

How Wells Fargo helps to preserve Alaskan heritage

Wells Fargo’s Alaska Heritage Museum in Anchorage has more than 6,000 Alaska Native artifacts, thanks to efforts to keep them in their place of origin.

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Nili Sundown, wearing a red Wells Fargo coat, looks off into the distance as she travels by boat in Alaska.

It’s a boat! It’s a plane! It’s a Wells Fargo banker!

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It’s a boat! It’s a plane! It’s a Wells Fargo banker!

Wells Fargo's Nili Sundown travels thousands of miles each year — via plane, boat, and even snowmobile — to ensure her customers have the financial resources they need to survive the wilderness of rural Alaska.

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Members of the 2017 Warriors to Summits team cross a glacial stream in the backcountry of Denali National Park & Preserve.

Warriors take their final expedition as a team

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Warriors take their final expedition as a team

Members of the 2017 No Barriers Warriors to Summits team faced grizzly bears, sleet, and other difficult conditions as they embarked on their final expedition together.

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Lemonade Day is a free program that teaches kids how to start, own, and operate their own business — a lemonade stand.

When life gives you lemons, start your own business

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When life gives you lemons, start your own business

Find out how creating a lemonade stand teaches kids about profit-making goals, serving customers, repaying investors — and giving back to their communities.

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U.S. Army veteran Eric Johnson trains for a mountaineering expedition as part of Warriors to Summits.

Overcoming barriers together: The 2017 Warriors to Summits team

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Overcoming barriers together: The 2017 Warriors to Summits team

Meet some of the members of the 2017 No Barriers Warriors to Summits team. The team recently completed their second training expedition together.

Housing
The Rev. Barry Washington (right) and Solomon Gore in front of Gore’s home, which was made possible by the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation Priority Markets Program.

Breathing life — and hope — into distressed communities

Housing

Breathing life — and hope — into distressed communities

From the homeless in North Carolina to the unemployed in Alaska, individuals and families are better off thanks to a Priority Markets effort aimed at neighborhood revitalization.

Environment
An agriculture program at Alaska Pacific University is increasing food security in Alaska by bringing fresh vegetables to residents who need them.

Bringing more fresh produce to Alaskans’ tables

Environment

Bringing more fresh produce to Alaskans’ tables

An agriculture program at Alaska Pacific University is increasing the number of farmers who bring fresh vegetables to residents who need them.

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Alaska Natives celebrate the return of the land

Returning land to Alaska Natives

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Returning land to Alaska Natives

Wells Fargo is donating a piece of treasured land near Anchorage, Alaska, to the Native Village of Eklutna, a group of Alaska Natives.

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