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American
Red Cross Receives Grant From Wal-Mart Foundation
Posted 14 May 2009
The American Red
Cross recently announced that three local chapters have received grants
from the Wal-Mart Foundation, to support disaster leadership training
for local volunteers and capacity building equipment. These chapters
are just three of 128 Red Cross chapters awarded funds as part of the
Wal-Mart Foundation’s initiative to support disaster response and
capacity building projects nationwide.
The Grant Wood Area Chapter received $15,000 to enhance leadership
training for disaster volunteers, the Hawkeye Chapter received $15,000
to purchase a mobile trailer of disaster shelter supplies, and the
Tri-States Chapter received $10,905 for disaster volunteer training and
equipment including new cots and nursing supplies.
“We are honored and grateful to be receiving this grant award from the
Wal-Mart Foundation,” said Angela Schmucker, chief executive officer of
the Grant Wood Area Chapter. “These funds will allow us to expand our
disaster human resources to meet the needs of the communities we serve,
like our response to last year’s severe flooding in Eastern Iowa.”
The Wal-Mart Foundation partnered with the American Red Cross to create
a $5 million Disaster Readiness and Capacity Building Grant Program.
This grant will benefit communities across the country that reside near
Red Cross chapters located in remote areas that often become isolated
during times of disaster and whose chartered jurisdictions serve less
than one million people – like the American Red Cross chapters in
Eastern Iowa.
The grant will be used to support the recruitment of new disaster
volunteers, in addition to funding training and equipment. | | |
