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Nike Pledges to Donate Over 30,000 Pairs of Air Zoom Pulses to Frontline Healthcare Workers

Check out these sweet kicks for a great cause!

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Nike has announced that they will be donating these specially designed sneakers to health systems and hospitals in Chicago, Los Angeles, Memphis, New York City, including the Veterans Health Administration.

As if that wasn’t enough, an extra 2,500 pairs will be donated to hospitals across Europe, including Barcelona, Berlin, London, Milan, Paris and Belgium!

The effort is led by messages of gratitude to healthcare professionals. From one athlete to another, Nike athletes recognize the physical and mental resilience of healthcare athletes.

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Nike teamed up with athletes Joshua Buatsi, Cristina Chirichella, Amandine Henry, Sabrina Ionescu, Anni Espar Llaquet, Ja Morant, Joc Pederson, Casey Short and Nafi Thiam to announce their donation on May 4th.

They will also be partnering with the nonprofit organization Good360 in the United States and local organizations across Europe with a mission to donate more than 140,000 pieces of footwear, apparel and equipment globally. Including the shoes, some 95,000 pairs of socks will be donated to healthcare workers in New York and Los Angeles.

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The Nike Air Zoom Pulse was ‘designed for the healthcare athlete, an everyday hero’. In a collaboration with medical workers at Oregon Health & Science University and Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland, they designed it especially to ensure good fit, cushioning and stable traction systems for a busy day in the hospital.

As a bonus, they come in multiple colors and designs and look fabulous!

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