Helping Kids Learn
Walmart's $11.5 million grant to NSLA will support programs in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, New York City, Sacramento, San Diego and Washington, D.C. With considerable research finding that students participating in structured summer learning programs made significant strides in academic performance and behavior, the initiative aims to increase students' learning, reading and classroom participation when school is back in session.
Feeding Kids Healthy Meals
$7.8 million in funding from the Walmart Foundation will help the YMCA of the USA, National Recreation and Park Association and community organizations in Atlanta, Birmingham, Portland, Ore., San Jose and other urban and rural communities, feed more children this summer. This effort is an extension of Walmart's $2 billion commitment to fight hunger in the U.S.
Providing Summer Jobs
The Department of Labor reported that unemployment among youth in 2010 increased by 571,000 between April and July. Walmart's $5 million in grants to municipalities and nonprofits in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York City and Washington, D.C. will support their youth employment programs. As a result of this support, the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Urban Alliance, Latin American Youth Center, Robert R. McCormick Foundation, Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City and City Connect Detroit will grant access to job opportunities and skills training to more than 5,000 youth.