Walmart 2000 Annual Report Download - page 19

Support for Children’s
Hospitals
One of Wal-Mart’s favorite causes
each year is the Children’s Miracle
Network, which raises money
for 170 children’s hospitals across
the United States. In June, 1999,
Wal-Mart donated $29 million to
CMN, the largest single contribution
ever made to the cause. Wal-Mart is
the largest corporate sponsor of
CMN, and has raised more than
$160 million for the network during
its 12 years of sponsorship.
Wal-Mart Associates and partners
raised last year’s donation through
local fundraisers, often donning funny
hats and wacky costumes to drum up
the contributions. All hats were off,
though, to Jane Pack of SAM’S Club
6402 in Greensboro, North Carolina,
who raised an amazing $10,878 for
CMN between March 8 and May 16
by kindly asking every club member
she met for a donation to the cause.
Wal-Mart also is a devoted sponsor
of the Missing Children’s Network,
a cooperative project with the non-
profit National Center for Missing
and Exploited Children. Since 1996,
the Company has posted boards in
every Wal-Mart and SAM’S Clubs
store with the names and photos of
missing or abducted children.
With 100 million people shopping
each week at Wal-Mart stores and
SAM’S Clubs, odds are good that
the posters can help locate many of
these missing children. Since the
formation of the Missing Children’s
Network, 850 children featured on
display boards have been found —
more than 30 of them as a direct
result of Wal-Mart’s efforts.
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Food Bank Contributions
$12,000,000
Volunteerism Always Pays
$1,104,900
Teacher of the Year
$1,287,500
Environment
$1,495,922
Make A Difference Day
$2,466,023
Economic Development Grants
$3,006,565
Other Donations
$4,392,581
Holiday Charitable Contribution
$5,100,000
Scholarships
$8,018,467
United Way
$12,464,896
Local Community Giving
$18,648,642
Children’s Miracle Network
$29,000,000 Community Matching Grants
$64,848,847
Total = $163,834,343
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. – A Clear Vision of Community Involvement in Fiscal Year 2000