YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – For the 12th straight year, all Walmart stores and Sam’s Club locations in the U.S. will launch the Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign to provide food and resources for those in need.
Since its inception in 2014, the campaign has generated more than $206 million and helped secure 2 billion meals for the Feeding America network of food banks.
“The 2024 Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign helped Second Harvest Food Bank secure more than 177,000 meals to provide support to our neighbors who rely on us for food assistance,” said Michael Iberis, executive director of Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley.
The campaign will run in stores and online March 1-31, with three ways for shoppers to participate:
- By donating at the checkout in stores or clubs, or rounding up at Walmart.com and on the Walmart app.
- By purchasing participating products in stores or online at Walmart.com or SamsClub.com. For every purchase of a participating product, the supplier will donate the monetary equivalent of at least one meal (10 cents) on behalf of a Feeding America partner food bank at Walmart and five meals (50 cents) at Sam’s Club, up to applicable limits.
- By donating at Feeding America’s Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign donation site at either www.FeedingAmerica.org/Walmart or www.FeedingAmerica.org/SamsClub.
“For the past 20 years, Feeding America, Walmart and Sam’s Club have worked together to fight hunger and help people live better in the communities we serve,” said Julie Gehrki, president of the Walmart Foundation and senior vice president, philanthropy at Walmart. “During the Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign, we invite our customers and members to
join us in providing access to food for our neighbors by supporting the Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley.”
The 24 participating suppliers for Walmart are B&G Foods Inc., Bush Brothers & Co., Celsius, The Coca-Cola Co., Conagra Foods, Dole Packaged Foods LLC, Ferrero USA, General Mills, Hershey Salty Snacks, Kellanova, Keurig Dr. Pepper, Kodiak, Kraft Heinz, Lipton Tea, Ben’s Original, Materne, Mondelez International, Olipop, Pepsi-Cola Advertising & Marketing Inc., Hidden Valley Original Ranch, The Hain Celestial Group, WK Kellogg Co., Unilever and Utz Quality Foods.
The six participating suppliers for Sam’s Club are Kellanova, Kodiak, Kraft Heinz, General Mills, Nestlé and Unilever.
More information is available HERE.
Pictured at top: A Walmart sign is displayed over the entrance to a store in Pittsburgh, Pa. (AP Photo | Gene J. Puskar, File)