Wal-mart Gives Aid to Local Red Cross Chapters

By: Betsey Martin, KARK 4-News

Updated: April 28, 2009

Five American Red Cross chapters across the state got grants Wednesday from the Wal-mart Foundation.

The money will be used to buy computers and emergency response trailers packed with cots, bedding and toiletry items.

The Little Rock, Searcy, Blytheville, Tontitown, and Pine Bluff chapters will split the money.

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