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I'm Beth Renner.

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I'm the National Director of

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Philanthropic services at Wells Fargo.

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I lead a team of specialists that work

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with individuals, families, and nonprofit

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organizations across the country.

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We help them achieve their

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philanthropic goals.

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What I mean by that is that we listen

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to what their goals are around their

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philanthropic aspirations, we help

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them understand what options they

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may have to bring those goals to life,

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and we work with them on the

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continuum of their philanthropy.

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And so we will become involved

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as much and as little as individuals

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and organizations want us to,

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and we help them — what I call —

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navigate the business of philanthropy.

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I grew up in northern Minnesota.

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I have seven brothers and sisters,

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and at an early age my parents

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taught us to make sure that we were

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always there for each other.

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And I really think that that was the

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beginning stages of helping understand

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how you need to give back and you need

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to care about other people.

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I often share with others that

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as a philanthropist, you don't often

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think about giving to an organization and

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receiving their services in return.

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And two months ago, I learned differently,

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I was sitting at my desk and I

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received a phone call from my sister

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that my brother was being admitted to

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the hospital and he was dying

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and they didn't know why.

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And so I went to the hospital and I saw

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that they were giving him units of blood.

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And I asked the nurse when she was giving

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the blood to him,

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"Where do you get your blood from?"

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And she turned to me and she said,

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"We get it from the American Red Cross.

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I don't know what we would do without them."

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And it was at that point that I knew

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that I was being there for my brother,

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and for my family, and for my community.

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And so it was a very personal and

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moving experience for me.

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It's very fulfilling for me to work for

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an organization that understands their

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role as a corporate citizen,

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supporting their communities and their

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team members with regards to philanthropy.

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In 2014 alone, our Wells Fargo team

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members donated over 1.7 million hours of

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service into their communities, and so

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for me it's very rewarding to see them

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bring their understanding of philanthropy

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into our communities.