Walmart Announces a New Customer Campaign to Assist with 2017 U.S. Hurricane Relief
September 10 2017 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
For a second time, Walmart will match customer
donations two-to-one with additional cash and product donations of
up to $10 million
In response to the severe weather impacting the country, Walmart
is committing up to $10 million in additional support for 2017 U.S.
hurricane relief efforts. This will bring the total committed by
Walmart to hurricane relief efforts this year to $30 million,
building on the support provided in response to Hurricane Harvey
that hit the Gulf region two-and-a-half weeks ago.
“We know our associates and customers make the difference. And
once again, when needed the most, they are stepping up to help in a
major way,” said Kathleen McLaughlin, president of the Walmart
Foundation and chief sustainability officer for Wal-Mart Stores,
Inc. “This is about neighbors helping neighbors and we will
continue to be there for the communities we serve as they
recover.”
With devastating storms and flooding hitting the United States,
and building on the response to raise funds for Hurricane Harvey,
Walmart is launching a new customer campaign with the American Red
Cross to assist with hurricane relief more broadly. As part of this
new effort, Walmart will match customer donations two-to-one with
cash and product donations of up to $10 million to support American
Red Cross disaster-response efforts. These donations will help
those impacted by hurricanes in 2017 by providing shelter, food,
comfort and emergency assistance.
Walmart continues to respond in the areas of greatest need
throughout the country during this year’s hurricane season.
- Our first priority is, and continues to
be, the safety of our associates. We’re taking care of our
associates and their families by communicating with our store and
club location management teams, reminding our associates of
emergency procedures and what to do during and after the
storm.
- Supporting our associates who have been
impacted with access to earned-wage and disaster-support
assistance, setting up support centers in the impacted areas,
providing hot meals to families and proactively calling associates
to conduct wellness checks.
- Our Walmart and Sam's Club pharmacies
are dedicated to providing prescriptions and immunizations to our
customers during and after this emergency. Our pharmacies will be
open as long as conditions are safe for our customers and
associates and we are working with our suppliers to help stay in
stock. We are prepared to open up as soon as possible so that we
can support our communities in the affected area. We will also work
with patients who might be displaced or have previously received
prescriptions from another pharmacy.
- Working to quickly reopen our affected
stores and club locations in impacted areas to serve
communities.
- Centralizing relief efforts through the
Walmart Emergency Operations Center (EOC) which operates 24 hours a
day tracking storm impacts and supporting our associates needs and
well-being. The EOC also facilitates store recovery, and is
supporting community relief efforts in the impacted regions. This
includes shipments of emergency supplies to multiple shelter
operations.
- Shipping more than 1,700 truckloads of
emergency merchandise and water to customers in need, including
cleaning supplies, pet food, batteries, diapers, baby formula, hand
sanitizer, first aid supplies, fans, generators, candles,
flashlights, propane, rainwear, tarps, gas cans and related
items.
- Activating emergency support teams
dedicated to helping our stores and club locations during critical
events such as this one and providing subject-matter experts in
logistics and emergency management to assist local emergency
operations centers.
Walmart has a long history of providing aid in times of
disasters, helping communities prepare and recover by donating
emergency supplies, such as food and water along with home and
personal products. Aside from amounts committed in response to this
year’s hurricane season, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation have
donated more than $60 million in cash and in-kind donations in
response to disaster events since 2005.
Customer Campaign Details
During the campaign, customers can donate to the American Red
Cross at registers in Walmart stores and Sam’s Clubs or on
Walmart.com and Samsclub.com. By texting SUPPORT to 90999 customers
also have the option to donate $10 via their wireless carrier.* For
every $1 donated, Walmart will contribute $2 worth of cash or, at
Walmart’s option, needed product to the American Red Cross, up to
$10 million. Walmart’s product contributions will be valued at
Walmart’s cost. The campaign will run from September 10, 2017
through September 16, 2017.
*A one-time $10.00 donation will be added to your mobile bill or
deducted from your prepaid balance. All donations must be
authorized by account holder. Must be 18 or older or have parental
permission to participate. Message and data rates may apply. Text
STOP to 90999 to STOP. Text HELP to 90999 for HELP. Full Terms and
Privacy Policy: hmgf.org/t.
About Walmart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) helps people around the world
save money and live better - anytime and anywhere - in retail
stores, online, and through their mobile devices 260 million
customers and members visit our more than 11,600 stores under 59
banners in 28 countries and e-commerce websites in 11 countries.
With fiscal year 2017 revenue of $485.9 billion, Walmart employs
approximately 2.3 million associates worldwide. Walmart continues
to be a leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and
employment opportunity. Additional information about Walmart can be
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http://twitter.com/walmart.
About Philanthropy at Walmart
By using our strengths to help others, Walmart and the Walmart
Foundation create opportunities for people to live better every
day. Walmart has stores in 28 countries, employing more than 2.4
million associates and doing business with thousands of suppliers
who, in turn, employ millions of people. Our philanthropy helps
people live better by supporting upward job mobility and economic
development for the retail workforce; addressing hunger and making
healthier, more sustainably-grown food a reality; and building
strong communities where Walmart operates and inspiring our
associates to give back. Whether it is helping to lead the
fight against hunger in the United States with $2 billion in cash
and in-kind donations or supporting Women’s Economic Empowerment
through a series of grants totaling $10 million to the Women in
Factories training program in Bangladesh, China, India and Central
America, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are not only working to
tackle key social issues, we are also collaborating with others to
inspire solutions for long-lasting systemic change. To learn more
about Walmart’s giving, visit
http://www.foundation.walmart.com.
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