{"id":965,"date":"2008-03-19T07:45:05","date_gmt":"2008-03-19T07:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/166.62.41.2\/~holaamericanews\/2008\/03\/19\/wal-mart-opens-in-silvis\/"},"modified":"2008-03-19T07:45:05","modified_gmt":"2008-03-19T07:45:05","slug":"wal-mart-opens-in-silvis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wal-mart-opens-in-silvis\/","title":{"rendered":"Wal-Mart Opens in Silvis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When the new Wal-Mart opened its doors in Silvis on March 4, store manager John Smith got the opportunity to welcome shoppers and give back to the city of Silvis.<\/p>\n

They gave out $18,000 to the community which went to the police and fire departments, Bowlesburg Elementary and George O’Barr School.

“That was money that was generated through the Wal-Mart Foundation to give back to the community on opening day; and our associates raised over $1,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network,” Smith said.
Each store is allotted so much money per year based on the size of the store. They make a determination based on the non-profit organizations that apply for the funding.  <\/p>

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“We have matching grants, community grants, Hero Awards, Volunteerism Always Pays program – where if an associate donates 25 hours of their time in a 6 month period Wal-Mart will donate $150 in that associate’s name to the not-for profit organization that they are donating their time to,”  he said.
Smith, who began his career with Wal-Mart in his hometown of Galesburg, Ill., plans on getting involved with the local Chamber of Commerce and the Silvis Business Association.  <\/p>\n

New to this Wal-Mart is the Money Center which is Wal-Mart owned and accepts bill payments for utility bills, which lets their shoppers take care some bills without having to make an extra trip to the post office.  <\/p>\n

“We’ve taken those money services from the service desk and moved that to the Money Center, to where the customer who is just coming to buy a money gram or money service they can just go directly there and they don’t have to wait at the service desk for a return to be processed or vice versa, if the customer has come to process the return, doesn’t have to wait for the money services to get processed.” <\/p>\n

Another unique sight is the maroon concrete floor shoppers will be pushing carts through.  It is made of 100 percent recycled concrete.  Smith says they are entering a phase of “personal sustainability” where they are challenging employees to recycle their pop or water bottles in bins placed throughout the store, which shoppers may also use.  Wal-Mart’s goal is to have zero waste within ten years and is working with suppliers to make packages smaller since it most packaging ends up in landfills. <\/p>

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