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(CNN) – Nike is donating 30,000 pairs of shoes, designed specifically for healthcare workers, to healthcare systems and hospitals in cities across the United States.
Released in November 2019, the Air Zoom Pulse is the company’s “first shoe designed for the health athlete, an everyday hero,” Nike said in its announcement Monday.
The company went to the OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland, Oregon, to study those who profess the profession. They took into account the challenges of those at work, including long hours of standing and liquid spills, and the comfort needed for long shifts.
Nike (NKE) partnered with Good360, a nonprofit organization specializing in the efficient distribution of product donations, to help deliver shoes to workers in Chicago, Los Angeles, Memphis and New York City, and within from the Veterans Health Administration, according to Nike.
The company said healthcare workers in New York City and Los Angeles will also receive about 95,000 pairs of soccer socks that offer slight compression.
“The effort is led by messages of thanks to healthcare professionals,” Nike said at its launch. “From one athlete to another, Nike athletes recognize the physical and mental endurance of health athletes.”
Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio tweeted his thanks for the sportswear company.
“Thank you so much for supporting our frontline healthcare heroes,” he wrote Monday.
Hospitals across Europe, including Barcelona, Berlin, London, Milan, Paris and Belgium, will receive an additional 2,500 pairs, Nike said.
According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 3.5 million cases of the new coronavirus, including at least 251,000 deaths, have been recorded worldwide.
Nike’s donation comes as healthcare workers continue to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, often putting themselves at risk. Many are helping patients without adequate supplies and equipment.
Nike said some of its teams have teamed up to help create and donate full-face displays and Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) lenses to help protect healthcare workers.
To date, according to Nike, Nike and the Nike Foundation have committed more than $ 25 million to Covid-19 relief efforts.
CNN’s Elise Hammond contributed to this report.
This story was first published on CNN.com, “Nike will donate 30,000 shoes to frontline workers fighting Covid-19”
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