Nike is donating about 140,000 pieces of footwear, apparel and equipment – worth $5.5 million – to hospitals and clinics in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Medical personnel at the Veterans Health Administration and at hospitals in Chicago, Los Angeles, Memphis and New York City will be receiving 30,000 pairs of the Nike Air Zoom Pulse, Nike’s first “shoe designed for the healthcare athlete.” Another 2,500 pairs are going to hospitals in Spain, Germany, the U.K., Italy, France and Belgium. The donations are being handled by Good360, a non-profit organization in the U.S. specializing in “product philanthropy.” Nike has otherwise donated 1,100 Sportswear kits — drawstring bag, water bottle, hat or headband, and socks — to healthcare workers in New York City and about 4,000 pairs of shoes and 3,500 pieces of Dri-FIT apparel to a dozen or so hospitals and shelters in Europe. The Nike-owned brand Converse, meanwhile, has donated 2,600 pairs of shoes in and around Boston, some of them to hospital staff working in environmental services and food services.

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