--- description: Donations from several major companies will provide 6.5 million bottles of water to about 10,000 public school students in Flint, Mich. title: Walmart, Coca-Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo Donate Water to Flint image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta13dffa9e0937541/69887a965f570fa99ab1f56f/flint1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Walmart, Coca-Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo Donate Water to Flint  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 26, 2016 3:47 PM CUT  The top of a water tower is seen at the Flint Water Plant in Flint, Michigan on Jan. 13, 2016. The top of a water tower is seen at the Flint Water Plant in Flint, Michigan on Jan. 13, 2016.Rebecca Cook—Reuters  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 26, 2016 3:47 PM CUT Walmart, Coca-Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo will donate 6.5 million bottles of water to about 10,000 public school students in Flint, Mich., where the [water supply has been contaminated with lead](http://time.com/4188328/the-poisoning-of-an-american-city/ "undefined"). The companies [announced the donation on Tuesday](http://news.walmart.com/news-archive/2016/01/26/walmart-coca-cola-nestle-and-pepsico-come-together-to-provide-flint-mich-public-schools-with-water-for-students-through-the-end-of-the-year "undefined"), joining other celebrities and public figures who have stepped up to give money and water to the city plagued by a crisis that has drawn [national attention.](http://time.com/4185596/flint-obama-mayor-water-lead/ "undefined") The bottled-water company AQUAhydrate, which counts Sean (Diddy) Combs and Mark Wahlberg among its investors, has also pledged to donate a million bottles to Flint residents, and said rappers Eminem and Wiz Khalifa are helping, [according to the Detroit _Free Press_](http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/2016/01/25/eminem-flint-water-donation-sean-diddy-combs-aquahydrate-mark-wahlberg/79296540/ "undefined"). Pearl Jam also [pledged to donate](http://www.pearljam.com/news/0/1/22867/join%5Fpearl%5Fjam%5Fhelp%5Fflint "undefined") $125,000 to aid the city. Many other celebrities and athletes [have pitched in as well](http://www.newsweek.com/celebrities-athletes-donate-flint-water-crisis-419281 "undefined"). **Read More:** [How You Can Help the Residents of Flint](http://time.com/4190562/flint-michigan-water-how-help/ "undefined") _The Tonight Show_ host Jimmy Fallon [said on Sunday](https://twitter.com/jimmyfallon/status/691347133455323136 "undefined") that he would donate $10,000 to the [Community Foundation of Greater Flint](https://www.cfgf.org/cfgf/ "undefined"). He asked 10 friends to match him, a challenge that at least [Madonna accepted](https://twitter.com/Madonna/status/691924273628385280 "undefined"). > [](https://twitter.com/jimmyfallon/status/691978762473336836) [**Read TIME’s Cover Story on the Flint Water Crisis**](http://time.com/4188328/the-poisoning-of-an-american-city/ "undefined") Lead poisoning can be [especially dangerous for children](http://time.com/4191864/flint-water-crisis-lead-contaminated-michigan/ "undefined"), and some families have resorted to [bathing their kids in bottled water](http://time.com/4187507/time-flint-water-crisis-cover/ "undefined") in the wake of revelations that the water was contaminated. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4193810/flint-michigan-water-donations-jimmy-fallon-walmart/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4193810/flint-michigan-water-donations-jimmy-fallon-walmart/"},"headline":"Walmart, Coca-Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo Donate Water to Flint","datePublished":"2016-01-26T15:47:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:26:36.639Z","description":"The companies will donate 6.5 million water bottles to Flint public school students","url":"https://time.com/4193810/flint-michigan-water-donations-jimmy-fallon-walmart/","keywords":["Michigan","Flint"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta13dffa9e0937541/69887a965f570fa99ab1f56f/flint1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta13dffa9e0937541/69887a965f570fa99ab1f56f/flint1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The top of a water tower is seen at the Flint Water Plant in Flint, Michigan in this file photo","caption":"The top of a water tower is seen at the Flint Water Plant in Flint, Michigan in this file photo","creditText":"Rebecca Cook—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4193810/flint-michigan-water-donations-jimmy-fallon-walmart/","name":"Walmart, Coca-Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo Donate Water to Flint"}}]}] ```