Walmart Facebook Campaign to Fight Hunger
Walmart Facebook Campaign to Fight Hunger
11/24/2010
For Immediate Release Gleaners Contact: Debbie Wilson 925-0191 ext. 117
November 24, 2010 Contact: David L. Shank, APR for Walmart 293-5590
Indianapolis Area Could Win $1 Million in
Walmart Facebook Campaign to Fight Hunger
Central Indiana Residents Encouraged to “Like” Indianapolis
to Win One Million Dollars in Food Relief Grants
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 24, 2010 – You can really be a ‘friend’ of the hungry as Walmart provides an opportunity for Indianapolis-area “fans” to vote for the city to receive up to a $1 million grant for hunger relief this holiday season in a Facebook campaign.
Through December 31, 2010, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation encourage people around the nation to cast their vote on
walmart.com/fightinghunger choosing from a list of 100 communities where hunger rates are the highest. The city with the most online support will receive $1 million in grants and the next five cities with the highest support will receive $100,000 each to help fight hunger.
As of November 22, Indianapolis was ranked #36 with 76 supporters. Other Midwest rankings include:
St. Louis Ranked 4th 413 supporters
Columbus, Ohio 15 180
Dayton, Ohio 34 86
Louisville 31 94
Cincinnati 61 38
The national leaders are Cape Coral/Meyers, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma and Buffalo/Niagara Falls, New York.
In Indiana, Walmart operates more than 125 facilities employing 39,452 associates. In 2009, Walmart stores, Sam's Club locations and the Walmart Foundation gave more than $12.7 million in cash and in-kind donations to Hoosier organizations in the communities they serve in Indiana. Through additional funds donated by customers, and Walmart and Sam’s Club associates throughout the state, the retailer’s contributions in Indiana totaled more than $15.3 million.
Walmart collected on behalf of the state of Indiana more than $340.4 million in sales taxes in FYE 2010 and Walmart paid more than $65.7 million in state and local taxes in the state of Indiana in FYE 2010.
In FYE 2010, Walmart spent $2,012,754,609.00 for merchandise and services with 1,248 suppliers in the state of Indiana. As a result of Walmart's relationship with these suppliers, Walmart supports 71,724 supplier jobs in the state of Indiana.
http://walmartstores.com/FactsNews/StateByState/State.aspx?id=15
About Philanthropy at Walmart
Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are proud to support the charitable causes that are important to customers and associates in their own neighborhoods. The Walmart Foundation funds initiatives focused on education, workforce development, economic opportunity, environmental sustainability, and health and wellness. From Feb. 1, 2009 through Jan. 31, 2010, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation gave more than $512 million in cash and in-kind gifts globally, $467 million of which was donated in the U.S. To learn more, visit www.walmartfoundation.org.
About Gleaners Food Bank: Over 160,000 Hoosiers are not hungry today because Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana provides food and critical groceries to hunger relief charities. Gleaners, a member of Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest), was established in 1980. Since then the food bank has distributed over a quarter billion pounds of food and critical grocery products to over 400 hunger relief programs serving Hoosiers in need in 21 central and southeastern Indiana counties. To learn more, log onto www.gleaners.org.
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