The Swoosh brand announced a donation of 30,000 pairs of Nike Air Zoom Pulse to health systems and hospitals in Chicago, Los Angeles, Memphis and New York City, and within the Veterans Health Administration. An additional 2,500 pairs are being donated to hospitals across Europe, including Barcelona, Berlin, London, Milan, Paris, and Belgium.
Globally, Nike is donating more than 140,000 pieces of footwear, apparel, equipment, and more than $25 million to COVID-19 response efforts.
The Swoosh brand announced a donation of 30,000 pairs of Nike Air Zoom Pulse to health systems and hospitals in Chicago, Los Angeles, Memphis and New York City, and within the Veterans Health Administration. An additional 2,500 pairs are being donated to hospitals across Europe, including Barcelona, Berlin, London, Milan, Paris, and Belgium.
Per Nike statement:
Donations of the Air Zoom Pulse in the U.S. will be administered by nonprofit Good360, a longtime Nike partner specializing in efficient distribution of product donations. This partnership ensures delivery of the footwear to health systems and hospitals when they are ready to receive and deliver them to their staff. Approximately 95,000 pairs of soccer socks offering mild compression will also be delivered through Good360 for healthcare workers in Los Angeles and New York City.
Nike has donated 1,100 Nike Sportswear kits — which including drawstring bag, water bottle, hat or headband, and socks — to healthcare workers in New York City. Across Europe, Nike has donated nearly 4,000 pairs of shoes and more than 3,500 pieces of sweat-wicking Dri-FIT apparel to more than a dozen hospitals and shelters.
Nike’s leaders, employees, the Nike Foundation, and Nike have committed more than $25 million to these efforts, including $2 million in employee donations, supercharged by a two-to-one match since mid-March to support community organizations in need. Teams across Nike also came together to create and donate full-face shields and powered, air-purifying respirator (PAPR) lenses to help protect healthcare workers against the coronavirus.
Further Donations from Converse
Some 2,600 pairs of shoes have been donated in the Boston area, with a portion going to ensure that hospital environmental services and food service workers have comfortable, clean footwear as they travel to and from work. The donations have been collected by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Boston Medical Center’s Boston and Hudson, Massachusetts locations.
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