The need to continue social distancing is still in effect and we are all looking for ways to stay active and uplifted during this crisis. Whether your accepting challenges , catching up on Netflix, or hosting virtual activities with friends and family, the key to staying connected is the internet.
While many essential workers are still on the front lines risking their lives, others are unemployed and struggling to make ends meet, and others are struggling to keep sanity . Those who are working from home or still being able to get paid are asking ,”Well how can I help out”? Well its simple, while you are home and still able to shop online how about putting those dollars to good use by spending money at places that are giving back.
Below I will give you a list of places that are giving back in a time where its much needed and while your able lets do our part and put some of those dollars to good use. HAPPY SHOPPING!!!
NORDSTROM:
In partnership with Kaas Tailored and Providence and now Ascension ( one of the largest hospital networks in the U.S to create and provide over 1 million mask. To support click the link below,
SPANX:
This shapewear brand is donating $5 million to help female businesswomen struggling during this pandemic. Spanx by Sarah is partnering with True Story Brands to launch Frontline Dine, which will delivery 2,500 meals per week to workers at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
DYSON:
Support this company in their efforts to produce 15,000 CoVent portable ventilators, designed specially to treat COVID-19 patients.
ZAPPOS:
” Were in this together”
Zappos is now offering 4 ways to give back to those in need.
1) Do you know a hero?
2) A free pair of crocs for healthcare workers
3) WOW meals
4) Give shoes. Give Love.
click the link below to participate in one
ALLBIRDS:
Deemed “the world’s most comfortable shoes,” Allbirds has donated over $500,000 worth of Wool Runners to medical professionals. Check out the brand’s Buy a Pair, Give a Pair initiative to donate to doctors and nurses working around the clock.
EVERLANE:
Send a positive message with Everlane’s 100% Human collection. All proceeds are going to Feeding America’s COVID-19 Response Fund, which provides supplies to food banks across the country.
ETSY:
Supporting small business’s on etsy can help them maintain during this difficult time.
SAKS FIFTH AVENUE:
Donating $600K to support COVID-19 relief efforts, including providing support for the New York Presbyterian COVID-19 Patient Care Fund, Bring Change to Mind, and Girls Inc.
KENNETH COLE:
Donating 20% of net sales to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.
PANGAIA:
For every post/tip/hashtag, $1 will be donated to Doctors Without Borders.
GAP:
Donating $1 million to non-profit organizations that support underserved families.
WE WORE WHAT:
Donated 30K of sales from its recent swim release to the Food Bank, as well as produced 5,000 masks to be distributed across the New York area through the Help Mask A Hero NY organization
KATE SPADE:
The Kate Spade New York Foundation will be donating $100,000 to Crisis Text Line.
UNIVERSAL STANDARD:
Providing medical workers with a free piece of clothing from the Foundation collection. Any doctor, nurse, or medical worker who wants one can e-mail their credentials to us@universalstandard.ne
KEIHL’S
Donating 500,000 meals to Feeding America’s COVID-19 Response Fund
UGG:
Through its Better Together initiative, UGG and its parent company Deckers Brands, are donating over $1 million to coronavirus relief. It’s also giving away tons of free footwear for people working on (and off) the front lines. UGG partnered with select New York City hotels who are housing first responders and medical personnel to send UGG products for each room, including slippers and robes.
TOMS:
TOMS newly formed COVID-19 Global Giving Fund works with a number of organizations like Americares, Crisis Text Line, International Medical Corps, Partners in Health and WaterAid to bring relief to those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Toms has pledged one-third of all profits to go to the Global Giving Fund in support of these causes.
LOUIS VUITTON:
Louis Vuitton is joining in on the mask-making effort by converting its workshops and bringing in 300 craftsmen to make non-surgical masks, some of which have already been donated to senior care facilities.
REVOLVE:
Revolve Around Our Heroes is an initiative created by the fashion brand to help find and deliver medical-grade masks to healthcare workers across the country. Brand partners like Camila Coelho, Nicole Richie,Aimee Song, Pia Baroncini and Michael Costello have all stepped up to do their part by collectively donating 50,000 masks. So far, the program has sourced over 250,000 masks (both surgical and N95) for hospitals around the U.S., and it hopes to reach its goal 1 million masks soon.
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON:
Johnson & Johnson is supporting those fighting the coronavirus pandemic on the frontlines and in the lab. Over the past three months, the major conglomerate has pledged $300 million to organizations that are supporting medical professionals during this time.
In addition, Johnson & Johnson announced that it will begin clinical trials on humans for a COVID-19 vaccine in September 2020. If successful, the company has committed to producing one billion doses to be distributed around the world.
