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  • People Can Fight Child Hunger Together with Walmart  
     
    Fighting Hunger Together  
     
     

    Walmart Launches $25 Million Effort to Expand Summer Services for Kids

    This summer, the Walmart Foundation is stepping up to help through a $25 million commitment that will provide nutritious meals, learning opportunities and jobs to youth across the U.S. Funding to more than 350 local nonprofit organizations will help expand nutrition, learning and employment services for elementary, middle and high school students throughout the summer months.

  • Walmart is Helping Children Learn

    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.

    Walmart is Helping Kids Eat Healthy

    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.

    Summer Jobs

    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.

  • We're Fighting Hunger in America

    We're pledging over two billion dollars in nutritious food, cash and equipment to the fight against hunger. And we need your help to do more.