Virginia Hunters Who Care
P.O. Box 304, Big Island, VA 24526
Phone: 804-299-6050
800-352-HUNT(4868)
Laura’s cell 434-665-7657
Gary’s cell 434-942-9827
www.h4hungry.org
email -
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
HUNTERS FOR THE HUNGRY______
Braxton Bell
Ruritan National
Dublin, VA
Hugh Crittenden
Hugh's Taxidermy
VA Outdoor Sportsman Show
Chesterfield, VA
Sherry Crumley
Hunter & Conservationist
Roanoke, VA
Sam Dibert
Dibert Valve and Fitting Co.
Richmond, VA
Bob Duncan
Director
VA Dept of Game & Inland Fisheries
Richmond, VA
Becky Norton Dunlop
former Secretary of VA Dept.
of Natural Resources
Arlington, VA
Robert Harper
weenableyou.com
Roanoke, VA
Larry LaRochelle
Retired - U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service
Huddleston, VA
Denny Quaiff
Virginia Deer Hunters Association
Richmond, VA
Art Saunders
Eastern Shore - Virginia Deer Hunters Association
Melfa, VA
Sheriff Ken Stolle
State Senator- 1992-2010
Virginia Beach, VA
Senator John Warner
United States Senate
Washington, DC
We greatly appreciate the service
of the following whose leadership was essential to this organization
Founder:
David H. Horne 1952-2002
Advisory Board Members;
Earl Stinson 1926-2010
Charles Thalhimer 1950-2008
June 21, 2017
NEWS RELEASE
Big Island, VA
HUNTERS FOR THE HUNGRY AWARDED A $25,000 GRANT FROM THE WALMART FOUNDATION
Hunters for the Hungry and four other charities were honored as recipients of grants from the Walmart Foundation at a check presentation last week in Roanoke. The funds will go a long way in helping all the local charities to combat hunger here in our communities. Our $25,000 grant will help us to accept all the deer that hunters want to donate this hunting season. Our goal is to provide 325,000 pounds of meat this year, enough venison to supply 1.3 million quarter pound servings.
The check presentations were held at the Walmart Supercenter located at 4807 Valley View Blvd. Roanoke, Virginia as part of the first graduation ceremony for the new Walmart Training Academy. Laura Newell-Furniss, Director of Hunters for the Hungry said, “This gift of $25,000 has come at the perfect time as we are making preparations for the upcoming hunting season and financial support is a critical factor in the program’s ability to carry out our mission. Walmart has been and continues to be a tremendous supporter of our effort to provide quality lean meat to people in need. We are extremely grateful for their commitment to fighting hunger here in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This grant will cover the processing on 27,777 pounds of meat making 111,111 servings of quality meat available! Thank you Walmart!”
Since our program began in 1991, the deer hunters of Virginia have donated in excess of 6.38 million pounds of meat. This is enough venison to provide 25.5 million quarter-pound servings of this quality food! This fall we will once again be encouraging deer hunters to share their harvest with those in need. It is easy to donate. Just take your legally harvested, field-dressed deer to one of our many processing locations. For a complete list of processors and collection sites, please visit our website at www.h4hungry.org. The compassion hunters have shown for those struggling to make ends meet is to be commended.
Walmart Market Manager, Jade White expressed support for the program, saying, “Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are delighted to support Hunters for the Hungry with this contribution so they can provide food for those most in need.”
The other charities receiving grants and the amount granted to them were Society of St. Andrew, Big Island, VA - $30,000; Gleaning for the World, Appomattox County, VA - $50,000; Feeding America Southwest Virginia, Roanoke, VA- $40,000 and God’s Storehouse, Danville, VA - $40,000. It is wonderful to have been selected for this grant and to work with these local feeding programs to get quality food to people in need.
For more information on Hunters for the Hungry please visit the organization’s website at www.h4hungry.org or call 1-800-352-4868 (office) or 434-665-7657 (cell). Your help in getting the word out about this gift and our need for donations of deer would be a great help to our mission of feeding the hungry.
“Respect the earth, its creatures, and all its people”
Pictured from left to right, Sandra Mayberry, Gleaning for the World; Gary Arrington, Hunters for the Hungry; Laura Newell- Furniss, Hunters for the Hungry; Ron Davis, Gleaning for the World; Brian Stafford, Regional Fresh Operations Manager, Walmart; Asha Green, Regional Ethics & Compliance Manager, Walmart; Jade White, Walmart Market Manager; Pam Irvine, Feeding America; Kevin Chandler, Health & Wellness Regional Director, Walmart; D’Lynn Burgess, Society of St. Andrew; Tamara Murray, Sr. Regional Asset Protection Manager, Walmart; Bob Davis, Walmart Regional Manager; George Joyner, Walmart Market Manager; and Karen Harris, God’s Storehouse.
Laura Newell- Furniss and Gary Arrington of Hunters for the Hungry present Jade White, Bob Davis, and George Joyner an award of appreciation for Walmart’s grants over the last six years that have provided 1.4 million servings of venison to people in need.