Walmart and Sam's Club Launch New Teacher Rewards Program; $4 Million to Help U.S. Teachers
 On average, teachers spend more than $500 a year out of their own pockets for classroom supplies, according to the American Federation of Teachers. To help offset rising expenses for classroom supplies, Walmart, Sam’s Club and the Walmart Foundation have joined together to launch Teacher Rewards, a new program that is providing more than $4 million to 40,000 deserving teachers across the U.S.
Teachers nurture, challenge and inspire our children to become future leaders, and through the Teacher Rewards program, we recognize those efforts - especially during tough economic times. Focusing on schools whose needs are greatest, each participating location selects one local kindergarten through eighth grade school to take part. Ten randomly selected teachers per school will each receive a $100 Teacher Reward card to purchase classroom supplies from a Walmart store, Sam’s Club or online at walmart.com or samsclub.com. In addition to the 40,000 teachers Walmart and Sam’s Club are recognizing, our 170 transportation offices and distribution centers nationwide are awarding local schools with $85,000 from the Walmart Foundation to help make a difference in students’ lives. The Walmart Foundation also recently awarded 20 teachers with classroom school supplies through its Write to Change the Classroom program. The new Teachers Reward program and the recent Write to Change the Classroom program are extensions of our ongoing support of education and local community involvement. In 2008, Walmart and our Foundation gave more than $66 million to fund educational programs in communities across the country. Through scholarship programs alone, the Walmart Foundation awarded more than $8 million in 2008.
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