Walmart helping set the table for area's hungry

Monday, April 26, 2010

Walmart and its foundation gave $45,000 and more than 1 million pounds of food to the Southeast Missouri Food Bank during its current fiscal year, which will end in June. The $45,000 was used to purchase a truck used to visit Walmart and Sam's Club stores in the food bank's 16-county service area and pick up donated food and household items. This effort is part of a Feeding America Network Program, said Karen Green, executive director of the Southeast Missouri Food Bank at 3920 Nash Road in Cape Girardeau.

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