MUST Ministries is among the Georgia charitable organizations that combined will receive more than $54 million in cash and in-kind contributions from Walmart and the Walmart Foundation. MUST Ministries will receive a $100,000 grant as part of the larger grant award to Georgia charities.

The financial support will provide critical dollars for helping the thousands of clients who rely on MUST for food. "MUST distributes just under a ton of food every weekday through our food pantries," said Ike Reighard, president/CEO of MUST. Pantries in Marietta, Smyrna and Canton provide groceries to those in need. In addition, free breads and sweets are distributed daily at each location and at the homeless campus.

The MUST feeding program also includes holiday meals and Thanksgiving boxes. Plus, 77,000 meals are served annually at the Loaves and Fishes Community Kitchen. Shelter clients eat breakfast and lunch there each weekday, and all three meals on weekends. Weekday lunches are open to anyone who is hungry. The feeding program is a vital part of the charity's $8.2 million programming.

Reighard said MUST is also grateful to some individual Walmart stores that have made cash donations in the past. "Walmart is focused on addressing hunger relief and so are we," he said. "The partnership is ideal because they help supply the funds and we implement the programs. We are deeply grateful to Walmart for their generosity to the 31,000 people we serve throughout the year."