Salt Lake Tribune: SLC Clicks Its Way to No. 1 in Million-Dollar Contest

For a state that has such a high hunger ratio, there are a lot of people who have the computers to do all the clicking

Good news for Salt Lake and Ogden Cities in re the Walmart Foundation "Fighting Hunger Together" Facebook campaign. Salt Lake finished #1; Ogden came in #4, as the online contest came to a close at 5:00 p.m. yesterday:

• SLC clicks its way to No. 1 in million-dollar contest

Assuming that the vote count passes the formal audit, this means that $1.1 million will soon be making its way to hungry mouths in Utah.

As one SLTrib reader wryly observed in the article comments section, "For a state that has such a high hunger ratio, [it seems that] there are a lot of people who have the computers to do all the clicking."

Update 1/6/10 10:00 a.m.: For what it's worth, the Standard finally gets around to reporting the story this morning:

• Walmart grant to feed area hungry