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Don VanDine, of Wells Fargo Commercial Bank, and Ana Aleman-Putman, principal at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary at school board meeting.

Firms partner to support Hispanic school in GR

Published: November 10, 2008

Don VanDine, regional vice president of Wells Fargo Commercial Bank, met teacher Ana Aleman-Putman, now principal at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary, at a nine-month Leadership Grand Rapids course in 2002-2003. A few years later, VanDine's office had some used computer monitors available so he contacted Aleman-Putman to see if the school could use them. Aleman-Putman jumped at the offer, and that started the two talking about how Wells Fargo could help raise money for some of the school's unmet needs.

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