According to Sanders s office, the proceeds will benefit Vermont organizations, including Meals on Wheels Vermont locations, Vermont community action agencies, the Chill Foundation, the Vermont Parent Child Network, Feeding Chittenden, some Vermont senior centers, and Bistate Primary Care for dental care improvements.
And it s not just Sanders who is using the viral moment for good. Getty Images will also donate the money it has made off the merchandise to Meals on Wheels of America and Burton Snowboards (the brand responsible for his famous brown parka) donated 50 jackets in Sanders s name Burlington Department for Children and Families, according to
Today.
And that s not even all. Jen Ellis, the teacher who made the iconic (and sustainable) mittens, made three more pairs of mittens to be donated to fundraise for Passion 4 Paws Vermont, Outright Vermont, and will auction off a pair on eBay for her daughter s college fund. A crocheted doll of Sanders in his parka and mittens was
Bernie Sanders raises nearly $2 million from inauguration mittens meme for Vermont charities Dylan Stableford
Sen. Bernie Sanders became an internet sensation for his sartorial choices at last week’s inauguration of Joe Biden. And now Sanders has cashed in on the meme for charity.
The Vermont senator announced Wednesday that he has raised $1.8 million for various Vermont charities through the sale of limited-edition merchandise featuring a now iconic photo of Sanders seated at the inauguration, arms crossed and wearing a green parka and oversize mittens that were knitted by a Vermont schoolteacher.
Sanders’s staff struck a licensing agreement with Getty Images to put the famous photo on T-shirts, sweatshirts and stickers, all of which sold out within minutes. (Getty will donate its proceeds from the license to charity as well.)
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About those wooly mittens that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders wore to the presidential inauguration, sparking endless quirky memes across social media? They ve helped to raise US$1.8 million in the last five days for charitable organizations in Sanders home state of Vermont, the independent senator announced Wednesday. The sum comes from the sale of merchandise with the Jan. 20 image of him sitting with his arms and legs crossed, clad in his brown parka and recycled wool mittens. Sanders put the first of the so-called “Chairman Sanders” merchandise, including T-shirts, sweatshirts and stickers, on his website Thursday night and the first run sold out in less than 30 minutes, he said. More merchandise was added over the weekend and sold out by Monday morning, he said.
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