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citizens and orphans. Wal-Mart
Germany Associates raised money
to fight Duchenne Muscular
Dystrophy (DMD), a debilitating
disease for which there is no cure.
In South Korea, Wal-Mart’s Inchon
store donated glasses to needy
children and provided scholarships
for students in their local
communities. Wal-Mart de Mexico,
along with the National Vaccine
Center, organized three national
weeks throughout the year when
people were given free vaccinations
in stores across the country.
These are just a few of the many
ways in which Wal-Mart Associates
are making a difference in their
communities. Their generous
donation of time, talent and money
has made corporate citizenship an
integral way
of life at
Wal-Mart.
Our pledge is
that we will
never lose sight
of the
responsibilities
of good
corporate
citizenship, and
that
Wal-Mart
will continue
to support
worthy
programs
through financial grants,
in-kind donations, and most
importantly, through the leadership
and volunteer efforts of our
caring Associates.
$31,195,296
$1,879,111
$5,200,000
$1,302,817
$20,432,657
$3,145,186
$7,365,342
$3,024,752
$7,630,946
$2,132,001
$1,513,000
$19,391,752
$14,751,360
$71,365,980
Grand Total: $190,330,200
Children’s Miracle Network Volunteerism Always Pays
Holiday Charitable Contribution Environment
Store Contribution Account In-Kind Contributions
Scholarships Make A Difference Day
Other Donations Economic Development
Teacher of the Year United Way
World War II Memorial Community Matching Grants
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Community Involvement In Fiscal Year 2001
REUNITING
FAMILIES
Wal-Mart’s
Missing Children’s Network
Every day, thousands of children
are reported missing from their
families, according to the National
Center for Missing and Exploited
Children (NCMEC). Thanks to
Wal-Mart and SAM’S CLUB
Customers and Associates,
20 children – a record number –
were reunited last year as a
direct result of recognizing and
responding to the pictures on
our Missing Children’s Network
bulletin boards.
In 1996, Wal-Mart teamed with
NCMEC to begin the Missing
Children’s Network bulletin boards,
which include photos of missing
children, relevant personal data
about each child and the toll-free
NCMEC hotline. The boards are
posted in Wal-Mart stores, SAM’S
CLUBS and Neighborhood
Markets across the country.
Since the program began,
3,400 children have been featured
on our boards and more than
2,100 have been recovered.
There have been more than
50 recoveries as a direct result
of our Customers or Associates
recognizing one of the photos and
reporting it to the NCMEC hotline.
“The Missing Children’s Network is
a program that our Associates and
Customers feel strongly about.
Every parent can empathize with
the heartache a family must feel
each and every day their child is
missing. I really have to give credit
to our Customers and Associates
for the tremendous success of
this program,” H. Lee Scott,
President & CEO of Wal-Mart
Stores, Inc., said.
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