As part of its ongoing support of our nation’s military and veterans, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation will launch a five-year, $10 million commitment to the veteran community, placing a special emphasis on supporting job readiness and training of returning servicemen and servicewomen. There are 1.1 million Hispanic American veterans living in the U.S. according to 2009 Census figures.
This funding will allow Walmart and its Foundation to further support nonprofits that assist our veterans in their pursuit of higher education and enable them to more easily reintegrate into civilian life.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, more than 250,000 veterans were unemployed as of March 2010.
