Nearly 4,000 Walmart stores nationwide will provide opportunities for meal donations through the purchase of participating supplier brands.
Feeding America, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., ConAgra, General Mills, Kraft and Kellogg's are participating in the campaign. Actress and anti-hunger advocate Kimberly Williams-Paisley and country act The Band Perry also are involved.
Consumers can visit Wal-Mart's Facebook page to vote among a list of 200 communities hardest hit by unemployment, including Las Vegas, Detroit, Sacramento, Tampa/St. Petersburg, Los Angeles, Miami, Toledo, Atlanta, Louisville, Memphis, Denver and others. The community with the most votes will receive $1 million to help fight hunger; Twenty others will receive $50,000 each.
The campaign expects to generate more than 42 million meals donated to food banks nationwide.
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