Walmart Foundation Helps Fight Hunger With Tennessee Day Of Giving

$519,000 Given To 14 Hunger-Related Nonprofits Statewide

  • Friday, June 23, 2017
Walmart Store Manager Josh Blevins and Walmart associates presented the check to David McCorkle, chief financial officer, and other employees and board members with the Chattanooga Area Food Bank
Walmart Store Manager Josh Blevins and Walmart associates presented the check to David McCorkle, chief financial officer, and other employees and board members with the Chattanooga Area Food Bank

Walmart Foundation is helping fight hunger in Tennessee and celebrating a “Day of Giving” Friday, awarding 14 nonprofits a total of $519,000 in grants. The day featured check presentations in nine locations across the state to organizations providing hunger relief for Tennesseans in need, including $70,000 to the Chattanooga Food Bank.

With one in eight Americans struggling with hunger, Walmart is dedicated to ensuring every family has
access to affordable, healthier and sustainably grown food, said officials. Hunger relief is one of Walmart and the Walmart Foundation’s core areas of giving, and this commitment includes a goal of providing four billion meals to those struggling with hunger in the U.S. by 2020. 

“At Walmart we consider it our responsibility to make a positive impact on the communities we serve, and we are proud to support these Tennessee organizations that share our same passion to help people live better,” said Sean Riley, Walmart regional general manager. “We look forward to seeing each of these organizations use their grant to address the needs of Tennesseans in the communities they serve.” 

Walmart grants celebrated with Friday’s Day of Giving include: 

West Tennessee
Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association, Memphis – $50,000 for the Meals on Wheels program providing hot, nutritious lunches for homebound elderly and seniors
Mid-South Food Bank, Memphis – $50,000 for the Hunger's Hope Food Distribution program distributing food and other groceries through a network of partner agencies
Reelfoot Rural Ministries, Inc., Obion – $30,000 for grocery assistance and the school backpack meal
program for those in need
Regional Inter Faith Association, Jackson – $35,000 for the Snack Backpack program providing food to school children who have little or no food over the weekends Middle Tennessee
Bethlehem Centers of Nashville, Nashville – $25,000 for the Meals on Wheels North Nashville program serving daily hot, nutritious meals to eligible individuals and senior citizens
Community Care Fellowship, Nashville – $31,000 for providing hot meals to the homeless
Manna Cafe Ministries, Clarksville – $35,000 for the Pickin’ Up Manna: School Edition program rescuing surplus food from local stores and restaurants
Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency, Nashville – $25,000 for serving nutritious food to seniors
with limited mobility
Rutherford County Emergency Food Bank, Murfreesboro – $35,000 for the organization’s Emergency
Food Bank Truck
The Society of Saint Andrew Inc., Nashville – $25,000 for the Tennessee Gleaning Network salvaging
crops that would otherwise be left in the fields  

East Tennessee
Blount County Community Action Agency Inc., Maryville – $31,000 for the Smoky Mountain Pre-Meals
on Wheels program providing a nutritious meal to seniors confined to their homes and unable to prepare meals
Chattanooga Area Food Bank Inc., Chattanooga – $70,000 for the Tennessee Produce Empowerment
Program providing just-in-time fresh produce deliveries to 11 southeast Tennessee counties
Morristown Hamblen Central Services, Inc., Morristown – $37,000 for the emergency food pantry
Sevier County Food Ministries, Sevierville – $40,000 for the food pantry serving as an emergency food resource for those experiencing a food shortage 

As the nation’s largest grocer, Walmart is uniquely positioned to support organizations that are on the front lines in the fight against hunger. In addition to donating more than 19 million pounds of food to local Tennessee food banks – equivalent to more than 16 million meals – Walmart and the Walmart Foundation donated more than $50 million toward hunger relief in FY2017, including $234,250 for after school and breakfast in the classroom programs in Tennessee. Working with long-standing grant partners that included the National Recreation and Park Association, Share Our Strength and the Y-USA, grants to these organizations helped provide meal programs and nutrition education for youth and families, as well as increase access to healthy food, like fruits and vegetables.

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