Kingdom Kids in Temple Terrace to Benefit from Walmart Grant

The Temple Terrace-based charity, Kingdom Kids of Tampa Bay Inc., is among more than 100 nonprofits that will benefit from a $3 million Walmart grant.

From April 1 to April 30, more than 443,000 votes were cast for the more than 300 eligible Feeding America food banks and partner agencies as part of a campaign to fight hunger in local communities.

Walmart customers were invited to cast votes at www.walmart.com/hunger for the eligible organization of their choosing. As a result, 100 food banks and partner feeding agencies were selected as grant winners.

The funding will be distributed by Feeding America, the nation's leading hunger relief organization, this spring.

Joining Walmart in the fight against hunger this spring were Campbell’s Soup, ConAgra Foods, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, General Mills, Kraft Foods Group, Kellogg Co., Mondelez International, Nestlé USA, PepsiCo and Unilever.

“We hope that the organizations benefitting from these funds will be able to continue and expand the positive work they are doing in local communities,” said Julie Gehrki, senior director of the Walmart Foundation. “We want to thank all those who participated in this campaign for their commitment to hunger relief, and we hope that the impact of the grant dollars we award will combine with new volunteers and greater public awareness of this issue to make a lasting impact in communities throughout the country.”

Kingdom Kids focuses on strengthening families, supporting pregnant women and single mothers and providing tutoring for at-risk children.

In the past two years, Kingdom Kids has distributed more than 100,000 pounds of food to the Tampa Bay community.

The Fighting Hunger Together initiative is part of Walmart’s and the Walmart Foundation’s $2 billion commitment through 2015 to fight hunger. As a part of this commitment, Walmart and its foundation pledged to donate more than 1.1 billion pounds of food from Walmart stores, distribution centers and Sam’s Club locations, valued at $1.75 billion, as well as $250 million in grants to support hunger relief organizations.

To learn more, visit www.walmart.com/hunger.