Walmart does many great things that they don't receive credit for. No, I am not an employee. They give jobs to so many people with disabilities when no one else would consider them. They are always there when needed....they were the first to donate water and food during Katrina.

Keep up the good work Walmart. Just because you've accomplished the American dream without a "union" you don't deserve the bad press you get.

You are right, Nancy! Good for them. WalMart isn't exactly my favorite store (bad pay to workers in factories overseas), but I certainly don't reject their effort to give others good Christmas dinners. A lot less people probably go hungry in the United States thanks to America's Second Harvest. Sounds like a good, worthwhile cause.

I am the Walmart employee who is responsible for the Community Involvement at our store. I give away thousands of dollars a month to local organizations and never ask or get pubicity for it. I have shopped for children that would not have a Christmas except for the charity of our store. I have given food, clothing and gift cards to families that have been displaced by fire, flood, or disaster. My store and EVERY SINGLE Walmart in the WORLD does this every day with no recognition, and I am blessed that I am able to get a paycheck to do a job that makes me feel like I make a difference. I am not the world's biggest cheerleader for the company that I work for, but I think that credit should be given where credit is due. It is so easy to believe the negative, and so easy to shut out the positive about this company, and that is a shame. I think what people do not remember about Walmart is that is IS a business, and just like every other business in the world, it wants to make a profit. However, it is easier to see it as the giant monster who swallows up everything good in a community. I think that if you asked the thousands of organizations that Walmart Foundation has helped, and the thousands of local families that it has given to, they might make some people re-think the image.

for wal mart a tax deductable million dollars.
means just about nothing. except a little good press. thier everyday workings negatives is what counts.

opps !! are what count

the million they used was from not paying there employes and no health bennfits. wake up wal-mart be american

Mall-Mart doesn't do anything that does not benefit them. They are just trying to change their image while still screwing employees, the environment and the taxpayers that subsidize a $10 billion a year corp.

While Wal-Mart may give to charities, they still DO NOT take care of their customers! I purchased a video game for my daughter for Christmas (her only "toy", the rest of the gifts are clothes and shoes), I had to check out in electronics and had quite alot of other items. When I got home, I could not find the video game anywhere, I called the store and told them to check the counter as the cashier had set the game to the side while he rang up everything else and there is not alot of room in that checkout area! I called the store and was pretty much told too bad, and I should have checked before I left the store! I don't make it a habit to go through my bags while I am at the store, I take for granted that what I pay for is given to me! I fuss about high dollar stores like Hollister and American Eagle, but while they are expensive sometimes, I am treated like they apprecitat me spending my money there, and if there is a problem, they go out of their way to help!

Wal-Mart povides cheap prices fpr shoppers who would otherwise go without all year long. They don't produce the products but they reduce the middleman cost. Retailers have never paid a high wage and almost never offer benefits. Wal-Mart pays higher than average in towns across America yet they are bashed from the left and there competators chime in. God love them for it!

TAKE ALL THE WALMART GOODS MADE IN CHINA OUT OF ITS STORES, AND YOU HAVE A MOM/POP CORNER STORE . BUY AMERICAN PEOPLE.

we like WalMart vs Target 'cause they still believe in Christianity and not the weird alternative lifestyle notions people dream up that are CHOSEN! I love that they allow the Salvation Army out in front of their stores....and I give