Crocs giving away 10,000 pairs of shoes a day to healthcare workers
By FOX 35 News Staff
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CAMBRIDGE, MA - DECEMBER 27: These are Crocs shoes for $29.99. Whole Foods is launching a new clothing area near the florist section of the grocery store. (Photo by Dina Rudick/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
WINTER PARK, Fla. - To thank healthcare heroes for their hard work during the COVID-19 pandemic, Crocs is giving away 10,000 pairs of shoes per day to frontline workers.
For four days starting May 10, healthcare workers can log on to the Crocs website at 12 p.m. ET each day and request a pair of Crocs at Work shoes. The website will remain open until all that day’s free pair allotment has been filled.
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Support Black-owned restaurants: Get takeout
Are you in the mood for island flavors, healthy smoothies, pizza and chill, or date-night romance? Hereâs where to go.
By Devra First Globe Staff,Updated February 17, 2021, 10:25 a.m.
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This month marks the fourth annual Boston Black Restaurant Challenge, which sets diners the enjoyable goal of patronizing one Black-owned restaurant each week. The community and its independent restaurants need support now more than ever, in February and beyond. More than 20 percent of Massachusetts restaurants that closed at the beginning of the pandemic have not reopened. And Black-owned restaurants didnât enter the COVID era on equal footing, facing factors such as disinvestment in communities, lack of access to capital, a wealth gap that means smaller savings, and challenges accessing PPP funds. According to a study from the National Bureau of Economic Research, Black-owned businesses declined in the United States by about
Invasive Insects and Diseases Are Killing Our Forests
America wasn’t ready for the pandemic. And it isn’t ready for the next contagion to strike our woodlands.
By Gabriel Popkin
Mr. Popkin is an independent journalist who writes about science and the environment. He has written extensively about threats to trees and forests.
Feb. 6, 2021
Larch trees in England infected with sudden oak death, a deadly airborne disease that was first detected in the United States, were felled last month in an effort to halt the disease’s fast-moving spread.Credit.Matt Cardy/Getty Images
It’s not just humans. Trees also suffer plagues.
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To find the most in-demand jobs as we start a new year, LinkedIn examined its hiring data to find what kinds of occupations saw the most growth from April to October 2020 compared to 2019.
According to the report, many of these jobs saw an increase in response to the pandemic.
For instance, LinkedIn saw employment growth for nurses and in e-commerce in 2020, since more people were needed to fill online orders and more healthcare workers were needed to treat patients during the pandemic.
LinkedIn also saw an increase in experts in workplace diversity, such as diversity officers, in response to protests and companies trying to improve their diversity and inclusion efforts.