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Proverbs 3:9-10 ~ Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the first
fruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing,
and your vats will brim over with new wine.
At
Wertz & Company, we care about the community in which we work and look
to make a difference in the lives of people facing special challenges.
Our involvement includes many different charitable endeavors, a few of
which are highlighted below.
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Wertz & Company participates in Camp Pendleton’s “Friends of the Family” Program, which supports Navy or Marine families during Christmas. The program focuses upon junior enlisted families with children who are temporarily stationed at Camp Pendleton, who have no other family members around and who may have a member of the family currently deployed. Last year, the employees of W&C sponsored a family of six (Mom, Dad and four kids ages 8, 6, 3 and 8 months) by purchasing, wrapping and delivering a bundle of Christmas gifts for each member of the family. It was our way to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the armed forces for all that they do to help protect our great country and to help brighten the holidays for those families who are away from home.
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For several years, the employees of Wertz & Company have participated in the annual “Lee National Denim Day”, which raises funds for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Our employees, through their support and generous donations not only contribute to the funding of research, education, screening and treatment programs, but they get to wear jeans to work as a special “thank you” for caring!
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Wertz & Company financially supports Crossroads for Kids, a non-profit organization created to provide financial assistance through education and other types of support to "at need" children. "At need" kids are those children who, through no fault of their own, are placed in at risk situations due to circumstances that befall their families such as illness, divorce, drug dependency, and spousal abuse. This organization solicits its financial aid candidates via the recommendations of local school principals and/or teachers who are aware of such special needs. All of the annual funding for this organization comes from local business entities as a result of board member contacts. Mr. Wertz is one of the founding board members of Crossroads.
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For several years, Wertz & Company has underwritten the annual tuition and related supplemental costs for two students to attend JSerra High School which is a private, Christian four year high school located in San Juan Capistrano, California. Mr. Wertz and his wife Donna are both long term advocates of private Christian schooling and are one of the founding families of this school. Through their leadership, the JSerra Shepherds Program was created which raises approximately $500,000 a year for financial aid purposes.
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Wertz & Company has also partnered with Pathway School in San Juan Capistrano by financially supporting their efforts to serve the academic needs of first through eighth grade students who learn differently. The school is a unique learning community where students, parents, and staff experience a friendly, relaxed, team environment. At Pathway, students often experience for the first time in their academic lives a comfortable classroom situation, free of the threat of failure and humiliation.
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