More Than Five Trailer Loads of Underwear, Socks, T-Shirts, and Fleece Valued at More Than $2 Million are Being Donated Through Nonprofit Relief Charity Delivering Good
HanesBrands announced today that it is donating more than five trailer
loads of underwear and activewear to assist victims of flooding from
Hurricane Harvey 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, Maidenform
apparel products will be shipped from the company’s distribution centers
in Rural Hall, Kings Mountain, and Laurel Hill, North Carolina;
Martinsville, Virginia; and Perris, California. Glen Raven is donating
the transportation of the goods to Delivering Good, a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit relief charity that will arrange for the goods to get to
appropriate relief efforts in Texas and anywhere else needed in the Gulf
Coast path of Harvey.
“Hanes and its employees share the nation’s great concerns for the
victims of Hurricane Harvey and want to help,” said 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, in distributing donated
products to those in need. Delivering Good 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 said.
“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.”
Hanes has a long history of assisting communities around the world
affected by natural disasters. Last year, Hanes partnered with
Delivering Good to assist those affected by Hurricane Matthew in North
Carolina, Louisiana flooding, and California wildfires. Past efforts
with Delivering Good have included aiding victims of Super Storm Sandy
on the East Coast in 2012, victims of tornados in the Midwest and
Southeast in 2011, victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in
2011, and victims of the Haiti earthquake in 2010.
For those who want to help Delivering Good in its relief efforts, they
may go to www.delivering-good.org/disaster-relief/
to donate new apparel or cash. For every $10 donated allows Delivering
Good to distribute more than $100 of new, useful product.
HanesBrands
HanesBrands (NYSE: HBI) is a socially responsible leading marketer of
everyday basic innerwear and activewear apparel in the Americas, Europe,
Australia and Asia-Pacific. The company markets T-shirts, bras, panties,
shapewear, underwear, socks, hosiery, and activewear under some of the
world’s strongest apparel brands, including Hanes, Champion,
Maidenform, DIM, Bali, Playtex, Bonds, JMS/Just
My Size, Nur Die/Nur Der, L’eggs, Lovable, Wonderbra,
Berlei, and Gear for Sports. More information about the
company and its award-winning corporate social responsibility
initiatives may be found at www.Hanes.com/corporate.
Connect with HanesBrands via social media on Twitter (@hanesbrands)
and Facebook (www.facebook.com/hanesbrandsinc).
Delivering Good
Delivering Good, Inc. (formerly K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers) is a
501(c)(3) nonprofit, and the charity of choice for new product donations
made by hundreds of companies in the fashion, home and children’s
industries. Donating new merchandise provides these companies with a
simple and effective way to help millions of kids, adults and families
facing poverty and disaster each year. Since 1985, over $1.6 billion of
donated product has been distributed through our network of community
partners. Learn more at www.Delivering-Good.org.
