Walmart and Sam’s Club associates rally behind Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital to raise more than $85,000
December 15, 2016
Local Walmart and Sam’s Club associates, customers and members recently wrapped up a seven-week campaign, collecting more than $85,000 on behalf of Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital. It was part of a national campaign for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals which resulted in nearly $37 million for member hospitals across America.
Donations poured in Aug. 29 to Oct. 16, as Walmart and Sam’s Club associates at 25 locations held various in-store fundraising activities and asked customers and members at the register to help kids live better.
“As a company, we support many organizations doing great work around the globe, but there is little work more delicate or critical than the services provided by Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital and others like them,” said Brooke Mueller, director of Public Affairs for Walmart. “We are humbled to play a part in supporting their mission to provide the best care to children and their families in South Carolina.”
Because of Walmart and Sam’s Club’s continued, unwavering support of Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital, more than 150,000 patient visitors and their families are cared for with the latest programs, services and technology, right here at home. For years, Walmart and Sam’s Club associates and customers have been committed to helping Children’s Hospital. Most recently, Walmart and Sam’s Club named the Post Anesthesia Care Unit, a critical area of the Children’s Hospital Surgery Center.
“Walmart and Sam’s Club associates are some of our most passionate and valuable fundraisers,” said John Lauck, president and CEO of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. “When an associate realizes the opportunity he or she has to save kids’ lives by simply inviting people to give $1 or more at the register, an incredible thing happens. Members and customers respond. We’re extremely grateful to the millions who contributed to this year’s campaign to help kids live better.”
The fall campaign is the most recent in annual fundraising by the retailers. Walmart and Sam’s Club associates have collected nearly $1 billion for sick and injured children since partnering with the charity in 1987. Funds raised through Walmart and Sam’s Club impact each of the 170 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, which treat one in 10 children across North America. Hospitals utilize the funds based on what they need most — typically providing lifesaving equipment and research, supporting top therapy programs and providing charitable care.
For more information on Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, visit: www.CMNHospitals.org.
Since 1987, Walmart and Sam’s Club associates, customers and members have raised more than $20 million for CMN-affiliated hospitals across the state, including Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital, Medical University of South Carolina Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital, McLeod Children’s Hospital and GHS Children’s Hospital.
About Walmart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) helps people around the world save money and live better – anytime and anywhere – in retail stores, online, and through their mobile devices. Each week, nearly 260 million customers and members visit our 11,593 stores under 63 banners in 28 countries and e-commerce websites in 11 countries. With fiscal year 2016 revenue of $482.1 billion, Walmart employs approximately 2.4 million associates worldwide. Walmart continues to be a leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and employment opportunity. Additional information about Walmart can be found by visiting http://corporate.walmart.
About Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® raises funds and awareness for 170 member hospitals that provide 32 million treatments each year to kids across the U.S. and Canada. Donations stay local to fund critical treatments and healthcare services, pediatric medical equipment and charitable care. Since 1983, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has raised more than $5 billion, most of it $1 at a time through the charity’s Miracle Balloon icon. Its various fundraising partners and programs support the nonprofit’s mission to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible. Find out why children’s hospitals need community support, identify your member hospital and learn how you can Put Your Money Where the Miracles Are, at CMNHospitals.org and facebook.com/CMNHospitals.
About Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital
Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital is South Carolina’s first children’s hospital and has more than 150,000 children’s visits each year. It offers more than 30 subspecialties to meet the unique health care needs of children and has central South Carolina’s only Children’s Emergency Center. With more than 350 professionals who work exclusively with children, Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital has a team of highly skilled and trained experts unmatched by any hospital in the Midlands. Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital is the place to go for children’s medical care, because the best care matters.
