Along With Former NBA Stars, CovCare Shares Headline On “Giving Back” To Essential Workers

Former NBA All-Star turned Chinese Basketball Association champion and icon Stephon Marbury knew New York was in need of help with COVID-19 raging on, so the Coney Island native sent 10 million N95 masks to his hometown of New York to protect healthcare and essential workers.

The old adage, “never forget where you came from”, is certainly holding true during the Coronavirus pandemic for two former NBA stars from Brooklyn and Atlanta and a start-up medical supplies company that has customized sports apparel and protective headgear roots in both New York and California.

Veteran NBA journalist Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson recently featured Coney Island native and former Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey Nets, Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks and Boston Celtics point guard turned Chinese Basketball Association champion and icon, Stephon Marbury on the Scoop B Radio Podcast (via Heavy) to discuss how Marbury is helping give back as COVID-19 rages on.

“I thought that it was important to try and help in any way that I was able to,” Marbury told Robinson.

“And being that’s where I’m from (New York) and knowing that the virus is spreading and how it’s spreading. And that was one of the things that were needed. I thought that would be something good that the city could get.”

Now head coach of the Beijing Royal Fighters in the CBA, Marbury sent 10 million N95 masks to Brooklyn, New York at cost instead of a profit to help protect hospital workers and other first responders in the area.

“This is something that is close and dear to my heart as far as being able to help New York…I have family there in Coney Island, a lot of family … who are affected by this, so I know how important it is for people to have masks during this time,” said Marbury in a separate interview with the New York Post.

From roaming the paint for 11 NBA seasons between Houston, Philadelphia, and Sacramento, Kenny Thomas is using his entrepreneur skills to launch an app that will help people order and receive Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) supplies.

Former NBA big man and Atlanta native Kenny Thomas is also scoring at will by lending his lending value to “saving lives” through technology. The one-time Philadelphia 76ers, Houston Rockets, and Sacramento Kings forward told Robinson he plans to launch a new app next month that gives Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to those in need.

“We really have to keep an eye out at what we’re doing right now is using masks and the different things that are necessary,” said Thomas about blending community outreach and tech.

“This right here should help us come together more to take care of our society and just please stay with the social distancing and all that stuff so, it’s a great opportunity for me to just be able to save lives.”

Along with Marbury and Thomas, CovCare shared the headline thanks to Wooter Apparel and GameBreaker coming together to launch the medical supplies and logistics company as the Coronavirus broke out across the United States back in early March. Since then, Wooter Apparel and Gamebreaker pivoted from customizing sports apparel and protective headgear to helping solve the shortage of PPE with CovCare, with a heavy focus on partnerships and donations.

As we strive to protect healthcare professionals on the frontlines during the Coronavirus pandemic, we shine a spotlight on the true heros at @MontefioreNYC...https://t.co/aFEQRvGCAR#covcare #covid19 #ppe #montefiore pic.twitter.com/YEQdK0nug7

— CovCare (@cov_care) June 3, 2020

Thank you @EricaMighetto for your dedication and efforts in shedding light on how @_drivers_united is helping protect essential @lyft and @Uber drivers! #covcare #ppe #essentialworkers https://t.co/O1xs3dkkXV

— CovCare (@cov_care) June 17, 2020

In addition to outfitting staff members at Montefiore Medical Center, Mount Sinai, Staten Island University Hospital, the New York State Nurses Association, Houston Methodist, the U.S. Department of Defense, Steward Health Care, Sentara Healthcare, Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, Highlands Hospital, and the Fort Lee Police Department (New Jersey), CovCare CovCare donated 1,600 masks to Rideshare Drivers United, a non-profit organization supporting Uber and Lyft Drivers rights, as volunteers distributed hundreds of masks and gloves to needy drivers in San Francisco, Oakland, San Diego, and Los Angeles.

Much like Stephon Marbury and Kenny Thomas stepping up to provide PPE supplies and protect those in healthcare, essential workers, and communities impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic, CovCare is doing their part to make a difference.

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