Walmart donates Truck to Gleaners!
Walmart donates Truck to Gleaners!
11/10/2009
Walmart Donates $85,000 Refrigerator Food Truck to Gleaners Food Bank!
Donated truck part of $32 Million Holiday Giving Campaign and Historic Hunger Relief Effort by Walmart and the Walmart Foundation
As Walmart and the Walmart Foundation continue “Walmart Gives Back,” a holiday giving initiative that will provide $32 million in monetary and in-kind donations to charitable organizations across the U.S., a refrigerator truck donated by the Walmart Foundation will be unveiled at Gleaners this Friday at 9am. The truck is one of 35 that departed from Madison, Wis., earlier this month headed to Feeding America food banks in local communities across the country to help feed families in need. Valued at $85,000, the new truck and 12 pallets of Great Value-branded products and fresh apples will arrive at Gleaners in time for Thanksgiving. Feeding America estimates the new trucks will help Gleaners, and the charities it serves, along with 34 additional food banks to transport up 52.5 million pounds of food, the equivalent to 41 million additional meals, per year.
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