The Wal-Mart Foundation is providing a $16,638 grant to the American Red Cross of Augusta .

The money will buy a shelter trailer containing important supplies such as cots, blankets and food/beverage packages. The grant also will be used to teach and train staff and volunteers on how to be prepared for and respond to disasters.

The American Red Cross of Augusta is one of 128 Red Cross chapters awarded funds as part of the Wal-Mart Foundation's initiative to support disaster response and capacity building projects nationwide.

The Wal-Mart Foundation partnered with the American Red Cross to create a $5 million Disaster Readiness and Capacity Building Grant Program. This grant will benefit communities across the country that reside near Red Cross chapters located in remote areas that often become isolated during times of disaster and whose chartered jurisdictions serve less than 1 million people, like the American Red Cross of Augusta.