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Welcome to the Walmart News Room. A list of our most recent news items can be found below.

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November, 2009
11/16/2009 - Walmart and the Walmart Foundation Donate $100,000 to Provide Legal Services to Low-Income Arkansans
11/11/2009 - Walmart Foundation, Thurgood Marshall College Fund® Team Up to Provide Scholarship Funding to College Students in Critical Times
11/10/2009 - Walmart and CARE Launch New Initiative to Empower Marginalized Women in India
11/03/2009 - Walmart Foundation Kicks-Off $32 Million Holiday Giving Campaign with Historic Hunger Relief Effort

October, 2009
10/14/2009 - Walmart Donates $350,000 to Support Disaster Relief Around the World
10/06/2009 - Walmart Joins Army Spouse Employment Partnership

September, 2009
09/15/2009 - Walmart and Sam's Club Donate More Than $4 Million to U.S. Teachers through New Teacher Rewards Program

August, 2009
08/17/2009 - Walmart Foundation Donates $325,000 to 10 Nevada Charities
08/14/2009 - Walmart Foundation's Green Jobs Training Initiative Awards $550,000 to Conservation Corps of Long Beach Grant to support local green economy
08/04/2009 - Walmart Foundation's Green Jobs Training Initiative Awards $550,000 to Milwaukee Conservation Leadership Corps

July, 2009
07/23/2009 - Walmart Helps Launch Chicago Conservation Leadership Corps
07/23/2009 - Walmart Supports Chicago Green Jobs
07/21/2009 - Walmart Foundation Supports National Latino Education Institute
07/15/2009 - Mercy Hospital Receives $25,000 from the Walmart Foundation to Assist with Whole Women, Whole Health Program

June, 2009
06/24/2009 - Walmart Foundation Expands Hunger Relief Efforts, Donates More Than $7.8 Million to Support Summer Feeding Programs and U.S. Food Banks

May, 2009
05/07/2009 - Walmart Foundation Awards more than $8 Million in Scholarships to Students Across the U.S.
05/05/2009 - Walmart Foundation and CARE Team Up to Empower Young Women Around the World

March, 2009
03/24/2009 - President Obama Meets Children's Miracle Network "Champions" from Around the Country

February, 2009
02/10/2009 - Walmart Foundation Teams Up with United Way and One Economy to Provide Free Tax Preparation and Filing Services
02/03/2009 - Walmart Foundation Donates $5.7 Million to Support the Creation of Green Jobs in the U.S.
02/03/2009 - Walmart's grants to 12 total $778,000
02/02/2009 - Women Entrepreneurs Accelerate U.S. Economy in Year-Long "Race" to Create Jobs and Build Small Businesses

December, 2008
12/16/2008 - Walmart Foundation Donates $400,000 To Ohio Families
12/12/2008 - Walmart Donates $300,000 and In-Kind Support to Flood Relief Efforts in Southern Brazil
12/10/2008 - Walmart Celebrates the Holiday Season by Giving $25 Million

November, 2008
11/24/2008 - Walmart Foundation gives 'greening' grant to World Winter Games in Idaho
11/24/2008 - U. Arkansas receives Walmart grant to grow fresh produce
11/20/2008 - $12.5 Million Letter of Credit from Walmart Foundation to Expedite Construction of Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial
11/19/2008 - Walmart Stores to Provide 70 Million Meals per Year to Families in Need
11/18/2008 - $15,000 grant bolsters Literacy Volunteers effort
11/18/2008 - Walmart Foundation Gives $1.6 Million to Support 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games
11/10/2008 - Walmart Foundation Gives $3.6 Million to Veterans Educational Programs
11/05/2008 - Walmart Backs Main Street With Thousands of Rollbacks and Millions in Holiday Savings

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