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Stories about: Alaska

Volunteering & Giving

Story Type Indicator - video. 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

Volunteering & Giving

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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Volunteering & Giving

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

Volunteering & Giving

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.

Volunteering & Giving

Story Type Indicator - video. 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

Volunteering & Giving

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.

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Homeownership

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

Homeownership

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.

Volunteering & Giving

Alaska Natives celebrate the return of the land

Returning land to Alaska Natives

Volunteering & Giving

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.

Economic Opportunity

Photo of Jennifer Shryock and her mother Mary. Jennifer and her fellow students in rural Alaska are learning about the variety of careers available in their small town.

Small town, broad horizons for students in rural Alaska

Economic Opportunity

Small town, broad horizons for students in rural Alaska

Students in the Alaska community of King Salmon, with a population fewer than 900, learn that the variety of careers available to them probably is larger than they think.

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