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Philly PAL and Walmart Hit a Homerun with Summer Baseball League

Representatives of Walmart Stores and Phillies Catcher Brian Schneider helped the Police Athletic League celebrate another successful season of Walmart PAL Baseball with a special closing ceremony on Tuesday, August 24, 2010. More than 100 participants from the program attended. 2010 marks the fourth consecutive year in which Walmart has sponsored the PAL Baseball program. Over that time, Walmart has donated $100,000 to provide hundreds of inner-city youth with uniforms, equipment, instructional seminars, transportation and more, all at no charge. In 1947, the Police Athletic League of Philadelphia began with one sandlot baseball team and a ...

Walmart Has ‘Fun In The Sun’ And Raises $32,000 For Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation

On Saturday, June 26, local Walmart Stores helped raise $32,000 for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation by hosting a ‘Fun in the Sun’ event for shoppers. Featuring lemonade stands built by Walmart associates at 72 locations, lemonade and paper lemons were sold with all proceeds benefiting the foundation dedicated to finding a cure for all kids with cancer. Fun in the Sun, launched and executed by students participating in Walmart’s college co-op program with Saint Joseph’s University, was a huge success in its inaugural year and will become an annual effort. Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) shares the ...

Walmart ranked 5th for philanthropy in Philadelphia region

The Philadelphia Business Journal released its annual corporate charitable contributor rankings for the Delaware Valley region recently and Walmart Stores ranks 5th among businesses for charitable giving in the Philadelphia-area. Based on data from the 2008 fiscal year, Walmart committed more than $3.1 million in cash and in-kind contributions to local charities. The company is one of two corporations not based in the Philadelphia-area to be listed among the Philadelphia Business Journal’s top ten charitable contributors. Walmart’s charitable partners in the region include the Philadelphia Police Athletic League, the Philadelphia Zoo, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Delaware Valley Earth Force, Philabundance, ...