UCLA’s Coach Close + Wescom Financial: Teaming up to support SoCal wildfire victims

Wescom Financial announced its partnership with ForgiveCo last year to erase $10 million in consumer debt for Californians impacted by the wildfires – 

Now, a year after the fires ravaged Southern California communities, UCLA Women's Basketball Head Coach Cori Close (whose mom grew up in Altadena) shares what an honor and privilege it is for her to partner alongside Wescom, using her platform to help others and bring light to an amazing initiative:

• “Some of our most treasured supporters of our program lost their homes. We were actually on a plane on the way back from a game at Purdue with one of the families who lost their home in the fire. They got off the plane, and it was confirmed, and we were with them, and we just hugged them, experiencing that moment with them.”
  

• “Before each of our last two home games, I had the honor of meeting with members of our community affected by last year’s wildfires. One year later, the impact is still real. That’s why I’m proud of my longtime partnership with Wescom Financial. Through the Wescom Foundation and ForgiveCo, $10M in debt is being forgiven for families in wildfire-affected communities.”
  

• “These moments in life remind us what it's all about. We all get busy…Being with these families reminded me of what’s important, and it makes talking about this initiative very easy because I mean it deeply. And I'm proud to get to learn from these incredible families.”
  

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