Wal-Mart Stores and Sams Clubs Help Nationwide Children's Hospital through Annual Children's Miracle Network Campaign

For many sick and injured children, the only place to get the specialized medical care they need is at a children's hospital. For children in the central Ohio, that place is Nationwide Children's Hospital. To enable children's hospitals to make the very best care available to the most children, Wal-Mart stores and Sams Clubs nationwide are once again partnering with the Children's Miracle Network to raise funds and awareness for those hospitals and the work they do.  The six-week fund-raising period at Wal-Mart stores and Sams Clubs is currently underway, featuring sales of $1 paper balloons and special store-wide activities by associates. Nationwide Children's Hospital is the beneficiary of the funds raised at stores and clubs in the Columbus market.

For 21 years, Wal-Mart and Children's Miracle Network have worked together to help the 170 hospitals in Children's Miracle Network to provide state-of-the-art care, research and preventative care for children. Through direct contributions and funds raised at stores and clubs, Wal-Mart has contributed more than $430 million to Children's Miracle Network since 1987. That amount includes $39 million given in 2007 alone. In 2007, the Wal-Mart & Sams Club family of associates and customers raised more than $425,000 for Nationwide Children's.

Children's hospitals throughout the country treat an estimated 17 million children each year, children with illnesses and injuries of every kind. The familiar red and yellow striped paper balloons are available for purchase for $1 at registers at Wal-Mart stores and Sams Clubs through May 31.

About Children's Miracle Network
Children's Miracle Network - the alliance of premier hospitals for children - is a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving and improving the lives of children by raising funds for children's hospitals across North America. Each year the 170 Children's Miracle Network hospitals provide the finest medical care, life-saving research and preventative education to help millions of kids overcome diseases and injuries of every kind. To learn more, go to www.cmn.org.

About Philanthropy at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and its foundation are proud to support the charitable causes that are important to customers and associates in their own neighborhoods. Through its philanthropic programs and partnerships, the company supports initiatives focused on enhancing opportunities in education, job skills training, sustainability, and health and human services. In 2007, Wal-Mart, Sams Club and the Wal-Mart Foundation gave $296 million to communities across the United States. To learn more, visit www.walmartstores.com/community.

About Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT)
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates Wal-Mart discount stores, Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets and Sams Club locations in the United States. The company operates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. Wal-Mart serves more than 176 million customers weekly in 14 markets. The company's securities are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol WMT. For more information: www.walmartfacts.com.