American Red Cross Receives Major Grant From The Wal-Mart Foundation

Main Category: Aid / Disasters
Article Date: 26 Mar 2009 - 6:00 PDT

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WHAT:

The Wal-Mart Foundation will make an announcement on a major grant being awarded to the American Red Cross to strengthen disaster preparedness in communities across the country. The grant will help to ensure that smaller, rural communities can respond to the needs of their residents in the first few days of a disaster.

WHEN:

Wednesday, April 1, 2009, at 10 a.m. CDT

WHERE:

Mobile Convention Center One South Water Street Mobile, AL, 36602

WHO:

Joe Becker, Senior Vice President of Disaster Services, American Red Cross Elise Vasquez-Warner, Regional General Manager for Wal-Mart Leisle Mims, Executive Director, Alabama Gulf Coast Chapter Paige Roberts, Executive Director, Southeast Mississippi Chapter Janice Vannatta, Executive Director, South Central Mississippi Chapter Sheri Frost, Executive Director, American Red Cross of Northwest Florida

WHY:

When disaster strikes, the Red Cross is among the first to respond, providing shelter, food, blood and emotional support. This funding will ensure communities across the country have the critical resources required to respond to local disasters. The Red Cross will feature on site Emergency Response Trailers and various disaster relief supplies and explain how they are used to provide lifesaving services.

About Philanthropy at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and the Wal-Mart Foundation are proud to support the charitable causes that are important to customers and associates in their own neighborhoods. Through its philanthropic programs and partnerships, the Wal-Mart Foundation supports initiatives focused on creating opportunities in education, workforce development, environmental sustainability, and health and wellness. In 2007, Walmart, Sam's Club and the Wal-Mart Foundation gave $296 million to communities across the United States. To learn more, visit http://www.walmartfoundation.org.

About the American Red Cross

The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and counsels victims of disasters; provides nearly half of the nation's blood supply; teaches lifesaving skills; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a charitable organization - not a government agency - and depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its humanitarian mission. For more information, please visit http://www.redcross.orgor join our blog at http://www.redcrosschat.org.

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American Red Cross

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