Will More of Corporate America Follow Walmart's Bold Lead?
Posted by Billy Shore on Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Today, Walmart designated Share Our Strength as a partner to end childhood hunger in America, part of a $2 billion commitment over five years to fight hunger in America by funding the nation’s leading anti-hunger organizations. This is a groundbreaking commitment to solving the hunger crisis in America.
Share Our Strength is honored to serve as Walmart’s partner to help provide nutritious meals to the millions of children who struggle with hunger on a daily basis. This partnership will enable us to connect even more children to healthy food through programs like free breakfast in school and summer meals and to teach more families how to cook healthy meals on limited budgets.
Walmart is leading the private sector by making this unprecedented investment in the fight against hunger. The Walmart partnership will enable Share Our Strength to expand the resources it offers nationwide to the more than 17 million U.S. children who struggle with hunger each year, ensuring that fewer kids experience ill health or suffer educational setbacks due to hunger.
As this new partnership develops, we’ll keep you posted on our progress in bringing the country a step closer to making No Kid Hungry a reality.
And, I hope that Walmart’s bold move now inspires other corporations to follow suit and commit to the No Kid Hungry goal. When corporations of such scale bring their resources to bear on an issue, we can help bring about a sea change—even one as a big as ending childhood hunger in America once and for all.
May 12, 2010 | 0 comment(s) | Tags: childhood hunger, corporate giving, no kid hungry, philanthropy, walmart
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