Walmart marked the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with a special pledge.
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CEO and President Doug McMillon made a five-year commitment of $25 million to aid global disaster relief.
The pledge was announced Friday in honor of the 10th anniversary of the hurricane, which ravaged New Orleans. In a video uploaded to his Instagram account, McMillon noted that the money was a joint commitment from Walmart and the Walmart Foundation.
“Hurricane Katrina touched our customers, communities we serve and our associates in a profound way,” McMillon said. “Today I’m proud to share we’re making a $25 million commitment to disaster response globally.”
The Walmart Foundation will make “an initial investment of $500,000 in grants to select local nonprofits in the U.S. Gulf Coast region,” according to a statement.
The gift was also presented at the “Before. During. After.” forum, which took place Friday in New Orleans. Together with Walmart, local leaders gathered to discuss the response to Hurricane Katrina and brainstorm future responses to global disasters.
He said that he saw the bodies and the suffering and had to do something, and that’s when he began brainstorming with his friend and fellow New Orleanian Branford Marsalis.
Eddie Compass, the previous superintendent of the New Orleans Police Division, Although he cited no particular goal for his departure, many individuals consider that backlash, aimed on the NOPD’s incapability to curtail the looting and chaos that adopted the hurricane, performed an element in his determination to step down.
Her reply: “Please. They’re saying: ‘There’s that insane Natalie trying to get herself killed!” “They don’t eat the way we eat, they don’t hug the way we hug, they don’t love the way”.
“I was actually surprised at how quickly everything came back after Katrina”, Lin said.
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