This week, we launched our final actions of our 2006 "Hope for the Holidays" campaign with grassroots actions at over 200 Wal-Mart stores in 60 cities and 19 states.

In addition, online already more than 22,000 supporters have signed our petition calling on Wal-Mart to adopt a zero tolerance policy on child labor. Over 10,000 of these signers just joined the WakeUpWalMart.com community, pushing our campaign to over 300,000 supporters.

During our actions this week, supporters in 60 towns and cities, including Crawfordsville, IN; Grand Rapids, MI; Providence, RI; Waterbury, CT; Milwaukee, WI; Salem, MA; Massillon, OH; Stockbridge, GA; Henderson, NV; Elk Grove Village, IL; Catonsville, MD; Philadelphia, PA; Cheyenne, WY; and Grand Junction, CO are passing out over 102,500 glossy new flyers about the company’s troubling record of having repeatedly broken child labor laws in America and overseas.

Overall, our six-week 2006 “Hope for the Holidays” campaign included over 1,172 grassroots actions (from prayer vigils to rallies to house parties) involving over 5,000 supporters, the distribution of over 400,000 flyers covering 925 Wal-Mart stores, and a TV ad campaign that targeted 43 media markets nationwide. In total, the 2006 “Hope for the Holidays” campaign was the most ambitious series of coordinated actions we have ever taken together as a community.

Thanks to all of you for your efforts to change Wal-Mart this holiday season. And welcome to those of you who recently joined us.