Walmart and Sam’s Club will help Ozarks Food Harvest address hunger in the Ozarks this spring through the 11th annual Fight Hunger. Spark change. campaign.
“Families in the Ozarks continue to face a perfect storm of rising child care, housing and food costs,” said Bart Brown, president/CEO of Ozarks Food Harvest. “That’s why we’re grateful for our continued partnership with Walmart, Sam’s Club and their suppliers. For every one dollar donation we receive, we can turn it into ten dollars worth of groceries.”
The campaign runs from April 1 to 29 in stores and online. Shoppers can participate in three ways:
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Donate at checkout in stores, clubs or round up at Walmart.com and the Walmart app;
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Purchase participating products in store or online at Walmart.com or SamsClub.com. For each purchase of a participating product, the supplier will donate the monetary equivalent of at least one meal ($0.10) on behalf of a Feeding America partner food bank at Walmart and five meals ($0.50) at Sam’s Club, within applicable limits . See specially marked packages for full details;
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Donate to Feeding America’s Fight Hunger. Spark change. campaign donation site at FeedingAmerica.org/Walmart or FeedingAmerica.org/SamsClub.
“Serving communities and expanding access to affordable, healthy food is at the core of Walmart and Sam’s Club’s purpose to help people live better,” said Kathleen McLaughlin, executive vice president and chief sustainability officer at Walmart and president from the Walmart Foundation. “Our annual Fight Hunger. Spark change. campaign is a way we invite our customers, members and suppliers to join us in fighting hunger. The money raised through this campaign will go to local Feeding America food banks, meaning we can all make a difference in our own neighborhoods.”
Since 2010, the fight against hunger. Spark change. The campaign has raised more than $1.2 million for Ozarks Food Harvest to provide more than 5 million meals for children, families and seniors in southwest Missouri. For more information about the campaign, visit feedamerica.org/campaigns/fight-hunger-spark-change.
The 20 participating suppliers for Walmart include Bush Brothers & Company, CELSIUS Essential Energy Drink, The Coca-Cola Company, Conagra Brands, Dole Packaged Foods, Ferrara, Ferrero; General Mills, Hain Celestial, Hershey Salty Snacks, Hidden Valley Ranch, Kellanova, WK Kellogg Company, Keurig Dr Pepper, Kodiak, Kraft Heinz, Monster Energy, Pepsi-Cola Advertising & Marketing Inc., Red Bull North America and Unilever.
The eight participating suppliers for Sam’s Club include General Mills, WK Kellogg Company, Kraft Heinz, Nestlé, Nissin, Nongshim, Palmetto Gourmet Foods – A Borealis Foods Company, and Unilever.
This article originally appeared on Springfield News-Leader: Walmart, Sam’s Club launch fundraiser to benefit Ozarks Food Harvest
