So, have you seen it? Have you seen Morgan Evans’ amazing video of hope, perseverance and victory?
It’s all over Facebook and Youtube. It’s “When The Dust Has Cleared”,
And it was the impactful last words of the video that really hit home with our team. “WE WILL SURVIVE”.
It struck a positive chord with us and we knew it was touching many others as well.
The moment we watched it, we contacted Morgan to see if the power of that video could be used for even further good. And his immediate response was, “I’m in mate. Sounds like a great idea.”
So in collaboration with Coach ME Pickleball, Selkirk Sports, and Morgan’s great video of perseverance and victory, we have created this very special shirt to help raise awareness and funds for those who need COVID-19 assistance now.
All profits will be donated to the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, specifically the CDP COVID-19 Response Fund.
A little about the fund:
The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) has launched the CDP COVID-19 Response Fund to support preparedness, containment, response and recovery activities for those affected and for the responders.
The Fund and the Needs
The CDP COVID-19 Response Fund will focus on supporting nonprofit organizations working directly to respond to the pandemic among the most vulnerable populations in order to help build their capacity for response. These will include social service organizations focused on supporting hourly wage earners, workers in the gig economy, immigrant/New American populations, older adults, people with disabilities and other communities vulnerable to the physical health, mental health and economic impacts of the pandemic.
CDP is working closely with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to follow what the likely needs will be:
- Supporting healthcare workers: Many public health, low income and other clinics will not have the ability to make significant capital purchases of masks, gowns, gloves and other essential personal protective equipment. These items help prevent the infection of essential medical staff who are at increased risk because of their close contact with people who may be infected.
- Supporting quarantined and especially vulnerable individuals: The use of quarantines is crucial in helping control the spread of any infectious disease, including COVID-19. However, this means individuals are unable to go to work, go shopping for necessities, attend social functions or even see their families in some cases.
- Supporting hygiene promotion activities: Water, sanitation and hygiene are key to limiting the spread of any infection, especially those that are spread by close contact. Increasing access to WASH resources will help limit the spread of coronavirus and other infections. Supporting areas with poor access to medical healthcare by supporting healthy populations. This will help limit the spread of all viruses and other infections.With these factors in mind, CDP will use contributions to the Fund to address any one of these issues, which will allow CDP to be adaptive in our support.
- Thank you to the following donors for their generous support of the CDP COVID-19 Response Fund:
- The Coca-Cola Foundation
- Google Play
- The Hershey Company
- New York Life
- UPS Foundation
- Verizon
The shirt is available in men’s crewneck and women’s vneck fits. Available in White, Lime and Light Blue.
Allow 2-3 weeks for delivery.