HanesBrands, Winston-Salem, N.C., recently announced it is donating more than five trailer loads of underwear and activewear to assist Hurricane Harvey victims in Texas and the Gulf Coast.
Hanes is partnering with nonprofit charity Delivering Good and North Carolina-based transportation company Glen Raven Logistics to get the more than 1 million items of underwear, socks, intimate apparel, T-shirts and activewear fleece, valued at more than $2 million, to flooding victims. The company also is donating $25,000 to the American Red Cross.
The Hanes, Champion, Playtex, Bali and Maidenform apparel products will be shipped from the company’s distribution centers in Rural Hall, Kings Mountain and Laurel Hill, N.C.; Martinsville, Va.; and Perris, Calif.
“Hanes and its employees share the nation’s great concerns for the victims of Hurricane Harvey and want to help,” says Chris Fox, HanesBrands vice president of corporate social responsibility. “We know that victims of natural disasters have a tremendous need for the basics in life, including shelter, food, water and clothing. We are happy that we can assist in the long road to recovery.”
Delivering Good (formerly K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers) serves the clothing, home and children’s industries by distributing donated products to those in need. It will work with Children’s Hunger Fund, Operation Compassion and Caring for Others, among other relief agencies in Texas, in getting the donated apparel to flooding victims.
“One of the biggest hurdles to helping victims of natural disasters is the logistics of getting aid and donations to those in need,” Fox says. “Delivering Good specializes in working with relief agencies to get donated products to where they are most needed in an orderly and effective way. We would like to thank Delivering Good for its assistance in this project and thank Glen Raven Logistics for donating the transportation of our donated products.”
To help Delivering Good in its relief efforts, click here to donate new apparel or cash. For every $10 donated, Delivering Good can deliver more than $100 of new, useful product. — J.L.
