| WAL-MART
Donates $20,000 to Memorial Fund
May
5, 2004
Littleton, CO - The Columbine Memorial Committee announced
today that two Littleton Wal-Mart stores donated $20,000
to the Columbine Memorial Fund. The donation will be used
to support the construction of a permanent memorial honoring
the innocent victims of the April 20, 1999 shootings at
Columbine High School.
The
check was presented at the Coal Mine War-Mart by Dave Dooley,
Manager of the Quincy store, Keith Mays, Manager of the
Coal Mine store, John Jones, District Manager, Sandy Harris,
District Loss Prevention Supervisor, and several associates
from both stores to members of the Columbine Memorial Committee.
Robert
Easton, Chairman of the Columbine Memorial Committee accepted
the check on behalf of the committee, "we are thrilled
with the generous contribution from Wal-Mart, and their
commitment to supporting issues in local communities. Recent
coverage of the memorial project has sparked a renewed interest
in the project and donations such as this one will go a
long way toward reaching our financial goals. We are extremely
grateful for Wal-Mart’s corporate and local support.”
Wal-Mart’s
contribution represents one of several donations that have
been received in the last several weeks by the committee.
The recent Columbine fifth anniversary events, as well as
the memorial committee’s major fundraising campaign,
have sparked a renewed interest in the project.
Currently,
the memorial fund is 26% of the way toward reaching the
$2.5 million that is required to construct the memorial
(that total includes $1.5 million in cash and $1 million
in in-kind services).
For
more information and design plan images, visit the Columbine
Memorial Web site at www.columbinememorial.org. Contractors,
businesses and individuals wishing to contribute materials
or services to the project may contact the Committee at
www.columbinememorial.org or contributions are tax deductible
and may be made online or sent to Columbine Memorial Fund,
c/o the Foothills Foundation, P.O. Box 621788, Littleton,
CO 80162-1788. Cash donations are accepted at this address
as well.
About
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., operates Wal-Mart Stores, Supercenters,
Neighborhood Markets and SAM'S CLUBS in all fifty states.
Internationally, the company operates in Puerto Rico, Canada,
China, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, United Kingdom, Argentina
and South Korea. The company's securities are listed on
the New York and Pacific stock exchanges under the symbol
WMT. Last year, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., contributed more
than $160 million to support communities and local non-profit
organizations. Customers and associates raised an additional
$70 million at stores and clubs.
About
The Columbine Memorial Committee
The Columbine Memorial Committee is a 28-member volunteer
committee consisting of students, faculty, parents, emergency
responders, and community and business leaders who have
been working on the memorial plans for a little more than
four years. The planning process has included a series of
public meetings, information gathered from over 3,500 survey
responses collected by the Committee, and more than a year
of design meetings focusing on input from families of the
deceased and injured victims. Final plans for the memorial
were unveiled in May of 2003. |
