Walmart and Sam’s Club’s Fight Hunger. Spark Change. Campaign Raises $60,485 for The Food Bank of Central Louisiana

The community of Central Louisiana helped to raise $60,485 for local families in need through the 11th annual Walmart and Sam’s Club Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign. With an estimated 67,120 people in Central Louisiana facing hunger, the Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign has been a way for food banks, like The Food Bank of Central Louisaina, to partner with Walmart, Sam’s Club, associates and suppliers to help provide more meals to people in need.

Each Walmart and Sam’s Club was matched with at least one of 200 local Feeding America® partner food banks. Through the campaign, shoppers made monetary donations at checkout or purchased participating items in stores or online to benefit their local food bank. For every participating product purchased, the participating supplier donated the Food Bank of Central Louisiana.

To date, the campaign has helped to secure more than 2 billion meals* for Feeding America® food banks across the country. Funding from the Fight Hunger. Spark Change. Campaign supports the Food Bank’s hunger relief efforts across the 11-parish service area. 

 “Fighting hunger across the country is part of our purpose to help people live better,” said Kayla Burton, senior manager, cause marketing and customer engagement at Walmart. “We’re grateful to the Walmart and Sam’s Club associates, customers, members and suppliers who came together to support their local Feeding America food banks through this year’s Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign.”

For nearly 20 years, Walmart, Sam's Club and the Walmart Foundation have worked with Feeding America, local food banks, food pantries and meals programs to transform the charitable food experience, supporting Feeding America and local food banks with more than $240 million in investments – more than $160 million from the company and the Walmart Foundation and nearly $95 million from customers and members.

For this year’s campaign, the 20 participating suppliers for Walmart include: Bush Brothers & Company; CELSIUS® Essential Energy Drink; The Clorox Company, The Coca-Cola Company; Conagra Brands; Dole Packaged Foods; Ferrara; Ferrero; General Mills; The Hain Celestial Group; Hershey Salty Snacks; Kellanova; W.K. Kellogg Company; Keurig Dr Pepper; Kodiak; Kraft Heinz; Monster Energy; Pepsi-Cola Advertising & Marketing, Inc.; Red Bull; Unilever.

The 8 participating suppliers for Sam's Club include: General Mills; W.K. Kellogg Company; Kraft Heinz; Nestlé; Nissin; Nongshim; Palmetto Gourmet Foods, A Borealis Foods Company; Unilever. To learn more about how you can join the fight to end hunger, visit https://www.fbcenla.org/.

*$1 helps provide at least 10 meals secured by Feeding America on behalf of local partner food banks.