Former Boston Celtic Jae Crowder has donated $15,000 to ISlide, a Boston-based custom sandle company to help workers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, reports MassLive’s Gage Nutter.
The Marquette product has been connected to the company since his tenure with the Celtics between 2014 and 2017, and joins many professional athletes around the NBA using their own money to help individuals feeling the pinch that the pandemic has created.
The $15,000 donation will go directly to the affected workers to help address the reduced sales and with that, hours available for employees to work.
ISlide, which still carries Crowder-themes sandals on the company website, published a blog post thanking the former Celtic in their time of need.
“This is uncharted territory for us. We, like many other small businesses, have never experienced anything like this in our lifetime,” said Justin Kittredge, ISlide CEO, in the post.
“We’ve always believed in the power of creativity, that it can be therapeutic and help people get through difficult times … Fortunately, we have some amazing investors, like Jae [Crowder], on our team that are willing to step up and help during this incredibly challenging time.”
