El Hispano News Announces: Wal-Mart Presents $10,000 Grant to Parents Step Ahead
DALLAS, Texas, July 8, 2009 – Today, El Hispano News Newspaper (www.elhispanonews.com) announced that Wal-Mart presented Parents Step Ahead a $10,000 grant during their Crockrell Hill grand re-opening celebration.
The Walmart, located at 1521 North Cockrell Hill Road off Interstate 30 in Dallas, celebrated a grand re-opening, giving local shoppers a glimpse of the company’s next generation of store design and customer experience. Among the many improvements are a new layout, wider aisles, low-profile shelving, bright interior paint scheme, enhanced lighting and easy-to-read signage to make the shopping experience more convenient for customers than ever before.
The celebration began with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 8 a.m. During the ceremony, store associates presented grants from the Wal-Mart Foundation to several local organizations including:
Junior Players Guild
Parents Step Ahead
Sunset High School
“On behalf of the board of directors of Parents Step Ahead and the numerous parents whom this grant will assist, I wish to express my sincere gratitude to the local Wal-Marts and the Wal-Mart Foundation,” said Lupita Colmenero, founder and chair of Parents Step Ahead. “With this generous donation, we will be able to fulfill our mission in recognizing, educating, enabling, and empowering over 1,800 parents this year to take a proactive role in the educational and personal development of their children.”
Through partnerships with local school districts, companies and community organizations, Parents Step Ahead offers free school-based seminars for parents. During the seminars, Parents Step Ahead presents dynamic speakers and educators on topics ranging from gang awareness, underage drinking, computer and digital literacy, internet safety, health and financial issues, communicating with love, among other topics.
For 2009, Parents Step Ahead has lined up six school-based seminars in the districts of Dallas, Ft. Worth, Irving, and Garland with an estimated attendance of 300 parents per event. In addition to free registration, attendees will be given free meals, free childcare assistance and a chance to win a personal computer system.
To view photos of Wal-Mart’s grand re-opening ceremony, please visit our website at www.parentsstepahead.org.
About Parents Step Ahead
Parents Step Ahead is a Texas-based initiative with the vision of becoming national and setting the standard as the leading program to increase parental involvement. Our mission is to recognize, educate, enable and empower parents to take a proactive role in the educational and personal development of their children. To learn more about Parents Step Ahead, please visit our website at www.parentsstepahead.org.
About Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT)
Every week, millions of customers visit Walmart Stores, Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets, and Sam’s Club locations across America or log on to its online store at www.walmart.com. The company and its Foundation are committed to a philosophy of giving back locally. Walmart is proud to support the causes that are important to customers and associates right in their own neighborhoods, and last year gave more than $296 million to local communities in the United States. To learn more, visit www.walmartstores.com, or www.walmartfoundation.org.
Visit El Hispano News Newspaper: www.elshispanonews.com
For more information, contact:
Lupita Colmenero
(214) 357-2186
Lupita@parentsstepahead.org
Valerie Reyes
(214) 357-2186 ext. 219
Valerie@parentsstepahead.org
