EBR Council on Aging receives Wal-Mart grant

The East Baton Rouge Council on Aging received a $10,000 grant on Tuesday from Walmart’s “12 Days of Giving,” according to a news release from the Walmart Foundation.

The EBR council is one of 10 nonprofits around the country receiving the grants from Walmart’s holiday campaign focusing on nonprofits helping senior citizens in their community.

In November, Walmart called for nominations from Facebook users to submit descriptions of a nonprofit’s impact in its local community. Submissions were initially reviewed by Walmart associates from across the company and a panel from the Walmart Foundation selected the winning organizations.

More than 21,677 nominations from Facebook users were submitted.

There are over 70,000 seniors in East Baton Rouge Parish, according to the news release which said the agency delivers 125,000 meals through its Meals on Wheels program and approximately 2,500 meals on average per week to low income seniors.

Other grants were given to organizations from Mississippi, Nevada, Wisconsin, Texas, North Carolina, Georgia Florida, Connecticut and Missouri.

Over 12 consecutive days, Walmart is awarding a total of $1.5 million to 140 organizations across the country providing basic needs and services such as food, shelter, clothing and medical care. Organizations receiving grants are featured on Walmart’s Live Better tab on Facebook:

Walmart’s 12 Days of Giving 2012.

Comments

1) Comment by Being_Stupid - 13/12/2012

I Love Walmart*

2) Comment by Springer98 - 13/12/2012

Around the year 2000, My dad was undergoing chemo & radiation for pancreatic cancer, which weakened him to the point that he was confined to a wheelchair or the bed. At the same time, my mother had open heart surgery, with 4 bypasses on her heart. Needless to say she was incapacitated, also. My parents were definately low income folks. I got in touch with the council on aging & asked if my parents could participate in the meals on wheels program. They never got a single meal from them! They both are dead & gone now. I am making this comment to inform people that if you are counting on the Council on Aging, in East Baton Rouge parish, don't hold your breath. My dad was 80 & my mother was 78 at the time. The mere mention of the meals on wheels program, turns my stomach......