Skechers Donating 1 Million Masks

It’s important to highlight companies that are trying to do great things in the face of the Corona virus. Skechers is one such company. They have recently donated one million triple-layer, non-medical masks to non-profit organizations. These are organizations that typically don’t get PPE from government organizations.

The masks being distributed by Skechers and United Way of Greater Los Angeles to homeless shelters and food banks in L.A., to public education centers in the area and to some organizations in Chicago, New York City, Detroit, Florida and New Jersey.

The program was tagged as the #MillionMaskChallenge campaign and started with announcements from some influential TikTok users such as Addison Rae, Loren Gray, Avani and the Croes Brothers. The idea was to create a video dancing to the track “Skechers” by DripReport. For every “Skechers” dance that was shared, the Skechers company agreed to donate up to a million Skechers face masks.

As DripReport explained,

“Part of my goal with the track was to show you can make whatever you wear cool and share a message about self-confidence over material things. When I originally released ‘Skechers’ in January, the world was in a different place. After the track blew up, I love that Skechers and I succeeded in making it stand for so much more.”

Awe-Inspiring Action

It’s an amazing thing to think about how some charities got started – and particularly amazing when you find out they were started by children. This article offers a number of stories about kids who started charities after seeing a need. It’s inspiration to hear about these stories and to see how much one person really can make a difference.

Particularly today, when times are so difficult with COVID-19, it’s nice to think of offering kids a way to look outside themselves and to think about how they can help others. These stories might inspire others to look around and to see places where they can be helpful and offer hope to those who need it most.