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| WCS IN THE COMMUNITY |
WCS Lending, LLC Gives Back is an internal company charity effort created to support local and national charities
through direct staff volunteering participation, corporate sponsorship and fund raising events. WCS currently supports
and contributes to over a dozen organizations, which include:
As the community mourns the loss of Lt. Rafael Vazquez of Palm Beach County’s Fire Rescue, a family of Five (5) mourns
the loss of their dad, and a mom is left to support the family on her own. WCS Lending participated in "Dress Down Day"
as part of Moms Big Give fundraiser. All proceeds went to the Palm Beach County Firefighter’s Benevolent Fund for the
Vazquez Family.
A fundraiser was set in honor of Nancy Bochicchio, 47, and her daughter, Joey Bochicchio-Hauser, 7, who were killed
last December at Boca Raton's Town Center mall. All the money raised went to St. Judes Children's Research Hospital.
A single mother needed financial help to send her young son with autism to camp this summer. As a special bonus, the
camp was offering Eric a one-on-one counselor to help attend to his needs.
Charley’s Fund is named by the parents of a little kid with irresistible curls and a mischievous sense of humor who
was diagnosed with Duchenne. Unless a cure or treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is found, Charley will lose
his ability to walk by adolescence, and subsequently lose all muscle function. Like all boys with Duchenne, his
survival rates are not good from respiratory or heart failure in his late teens or early twenties. Charley’s Fund was
incorporated on November 4th, 2004, just four months after the diagnosis. Charley's parents asked for WCS Lending’s
help to take full advantage of this momentum.
WCS Lending supports our troops stationed overseas. Supplies are desperately needed by the military, and this
fundraiser was started by Chris Bocko, a friend to WCS staff member Sherry Wagner, who’s husband is serving in
Afghanistan. Amongst the items bought were toothbrushes, shaving cream, shampoo, candy, snacks to give a little home
to our heroes.
WCS Lending participated in “BEAU'S PLATOON.” Beau MacVane is a young man who fought for our country to help protect
us all, now he fights for his life and needs our help After his service with the Army, everyone thought he was home
safe, but a new war started for Beau and his family. Just over a year ago, Beau now 31 years old was diagnosed with
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a degenerative, neuromuscular disease commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease.
This terrible disease slowly shuts down the nervous system and muscular control, but has no negative physical affect
on the mind. There is no known cure for this disease and the reason for a higher incidence of occurrence among our
vets is undetermined. Although the disease has progressed rapidly, Beau has an athlete's physique, a steely spirit
and continues to be courageous. Beau carefully walks with the aid of a walker and often uses his wheel chair.
Campers at Camp Fiesta in Fort Lauderdale, Florida asked for WCS Lending’s help. Camp Fiesta is a place where for
Nine (9) days kids with cancer forget they have a disease. All of the campers have cancer and no one is singled out
for being sick or having no hair. It looks like a typical summer camp, but the Fifty (50) kids who go to Camp Fiesta
get much more than sports and activities in the Nine (9) days they are there. Campers are not only treated with respect
at Camp Fiesta, but they're treated to the whole camp! It's free! The estimated One-Thousand Dollar ($1,000) per
camper fee is paid by donations to the non-profit "Children's Cancer Caring Center."
The Mallory family home was destroyed in the tornado that hit Colorado last May. The tornado hit their home in the
middle of the afternoon with winds at almost 200mph. The family was forced to move into a rental home last month.
Although they are trying to put their lives back together, it is hard to replace clothes, dishes, furniture, etc.
Home State Bank has generously set up an account for the Mallory Family Tornado Relief Fund through which they generate
ongoing support.
Cheyenne’s husband, and a father of Four (4), is an OEF/OIF Army Ranger who was severely wounded oversees. He is
currently receiving care at the Spinal Cord Injury unit at the Miami VA and needed our help to raise money for his
family to visit him. Cheyenne and her children live in Tampa and travel to Miami as often as they can, but with the
price of gas sky rocketing, as well as the high cost of hotel rooms, it is getting harder for them to make the trip
down. We all know that when trying to recover the most important thing for these heroes is having their families close
and all support to this cause is greatly appreciated
A portion of all company proceeds go to help support these organizations, and WCS plans to donate to over Thirty (30)
more charities this year. We encourage employees to get out of the office and visit local businesses and organizations
to raise money for these individual charities, and are always actively looking to introduce our staff to new
organizations and efforts that they can choose to support. If you would like to contribute to any of the causes
noted above, or if you would like WCS Lending to consider a sponsorship of an important charity you support, please
forward any information to our Human Resources Department at HR@WCSLending.com.
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