Local Wal-Mart Associates Volunteer to Help End Poverty
Northwest Circles Initiative-Bonner County would like to thank our local Wal-Mart in Ponderay, Idaho for sponsoring our July Weekly Community Meetings held in Sandpoint. Wal-Mart’s Volunteerism Always Pays (VAP) program has provided associates who volunteered on their own to provide food and speakers every Tuesday night for the entire month.
Wal-Mart associates have covered topics such as women in business, personal achievements, basic automotive to save money, and emotional intelligence. They also have been providing dinners to families of over 50 which have consisted of lasagna, chicken stir fry, and next week a delicious barbeque.
These types of community collaborations are very important and provide advocacy as well as community education to raise awareness of, and develop sustainable solutions to, issues affecting families and breaking down barriers of poverty.
Realizing that poverty requires a community solution; Circles has opened up their every 4th Tuesday community meeting to the public to address systemic issues that keeps these barriers in place.
We would like to thank the associates of our local Wal-Mart in Ponderay for taking part in our Circles Initiative here in Bonner County.
If you would like to help, please contact us at s.moss@cap4action.org Together, we can end poverty in our communities!
Posted By- Stephanie Moss
