Posted on 08/30/2005 5:43:59 PM PDT by Graybeard58
As Hurricane Katrina bears down on the Gulf Coast states, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has announced a donation of $1 million to The Salvation Army to provide early support for upcoming disaster relief assistance.
Currently, The Salvation Army is preparing to serve 400,000 meals per day to victims and first responders. Meals are being loaded onto 72 mobile canteens and two 54 foot mobile kitchens. The mobile feeding units will be dispatched into the most affected by FEMA, and will be followed, based on response needs, by other units the Army has at its disposal Ð trucks called comfort stations where residents can attend to personal hygiene; portable shower units; emergency response command stations for officers to direct the response efforts; and other equipment as needed.
Wal-Mart also is encouraging the general public to donate to emergency relief efforts through its 3,800 stores and CLUBS and through its Web sites. Beginning today on five of the company's Web sites - www.walmart.com, www.walmartstores.com, www.samsclub.com, www.walmartfacts.com, and www.walmartfoundation.org - the general public will find information and an access link to make credit card donations to help victims of Katrina. Also this week, Wal-Mart Stores, Neighborhood Markets and SAM'S CLUBS will be accepting customer donations at its facilities from any customer who would like to make a contribution for emergency relief assistance for Katrina victims and communities.
Also this week, Wal-Mart Stores, Neighborhood Markets and SAM'S CLUBS will be accepting customer donations nationwide at its facilities from any customer who would like to make a contribution for emergency relief assistance for Katrina victims and communities.
Wal-Mart Emergency Operations Team has been sending out needed merchandise across the Gulf Coast before the hurricane hit. Including supplying our stores in surrounding communities to help them prepare and clean up, Wal-Mart trucks have been sent to help service and community organizations with in-kind donation requests, such as flashlights, sleeping bags, outdoor camping pads and food products such as tomato and chicken noodle soup, crackers,and canned tuna.
"We are looking at a massive support and clean up effort due to this storm," said Major Dault Cunningham, Salvation Army Commander for the states of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. "We are appreciative of corporate leaders like Wal-Mart who continue to come through to help our communities in such times of need."
More than 80 Wal-Mart stores are currently closed in the Gulf Coast states, but the company's Emergency Operations Center is working 24/7 with its southeast distribution centers - all standing by as the storm passes to send truckloads of product to communities as stores re-open.
"We know that financial assistance early on is what enables organizations like the Salvation Army the ability to meet needs quickly as these storms move through," said Betsy Reithemeyer, vice president and executive director of the Wal-Mart & SAM'S CLUB Foundation. "We are all concerned and want to reach out with assistance as quickly as possible."
About Wal-Mart Stores
More information about Wal-Mart's disaster relief efforts can be found at www.walmartfacts.com. More information about the Wal-Mart and SAM'S CLUB Foundation is available at www.walmartfoundation.org.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates Wal-Mart Stores, Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets and SAM'S CLUB locations in the United States. Internationally, the company operates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Korea and the United Kingdom. The company's securities are listed on the New York and Pacific stock exchanges under the symbol WMT. Online merchandise sales are available at www.walmart.com.
About The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army, an evangelical part of the universal Christian church, has been supporting those in need in His name without discrimination since 1865. Nearly 33 million Americans receive assistance from The Salvation Army each year through the broadest array of social services that range from providing food for the hungry, relief for disaster victims, assistance for the disabled, outreach to the elderly and ill, clothing and shelter to the homeless and opportunities for underprivileged children. About 83 cents of every dollar raised is used to support those services in nearly 9,000 communities nationwide. For more information, go to www.salvationarmyusa.org.
Well that does it, I'm going to get my $0.0000000047 in right away. Thanks WalMart, for setting such a great example.
...while State Farm cuts it's losses and runs...
WTG Walmart! May other stores follow their example.
anything from heinz ?
Sheeeeese!
Based on all the jack we raised for the Tsunami relief this year, I'm just waiting for all those billion$ in foreign aid to come rollin' in.
Yeah, right.
CVS has donated 250,000 US in cash and 250,000 US in products.
"CVS/pharmacy and CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust to Contribute Over $500,000 to American Red Cross in Cash and Product Donations
WOONSOCKET, R.I., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CVS/pharmacy (NYSE: CVS - News) and the CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust announced today that it will donate a combined $504,000 in money and supplies to the American Red Cross in order to assist with relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina. The CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust, the private foundation managed by CVS Corporation, will make a $250,000 monetary donation to the American Red Cross National Response Fund. CVS/pharmacy will also donate $254,000 worth of supplies, including food, personal care items, water and specially designed CVS/pharmacy Care Packages, to the American Red Cross for distribution to hurricane victims."
I am glad that we are self sufficient but a few offers from our allies would be nice.
I look for it from the U.K. and Japan.
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Other donations.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The REALTOR(r) Relief Foundation is spearheading donations to REALTOR(R) associations in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi this week by contributing $50,000 to each of three state REALTOR(R) associations impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
BP Foundation Contributes $1 Million to Hurricane Katrina Relief ...
DETROIT, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- General Motors today announced that the
GM Foundation and GMAC will make a combined immediate cash donation of
$400,000 to the American Red Cross Hurricane 2005 Relief Fund in support of
relief work in parts of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida devastated
by Hurricane Katrina. The GM Foundation has pledged up to an additional
$250,000 in matching funds for contributions made to the Hurricane 2005 Relief
Fund by GM and GMAC employees through the company's Global Aid Disaster Relief
website (http://www.gmability.com ).
In addition to financial support, the GM family will provide additional
relief support and aid to storm victims:
I also think that Sun Microsystems is matching donations its workers make to the relief effort.
Old man Walton would be proud.
Um...that's a joke right?
Family members in the WalMart clan are worth billions and the "company" gives one million? Please!
Based on the uninsurable devastation we have seen, we all need to put some money on the table.
Wal-Mart gave 1/2 the donation that CVS made.
Costco is a liberal company so it's to be expected.
Not very good at math are you?
See post #14 - the Marxist wing of FR has commenced.
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