My son's letter to "Niketown"

beh235 said:

Awesome idea. Smart for posting it here as a start...

- Have your son type the letter to make it look more professional.
- Go to Nikebiz.com and have a look around, there should be some information on who to contact in terms of donations. 
- Go to twitter and tweet away. You should be able to get SOME sort of response.




Good luck OP. 

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Appreciate the advice. I had thought of having him type it, but I wanted to make sure it was viewed as authentic and not some b.s. for those doubting types. I will take a look at the site you recommended. Lastly, My twitter knowledge is beyond basic- is it possible to DM and attach such things or is there a better method?

Thanks again.

OP

rice boy 45 said:

why do I feel like some has done this before



anywho good luck!

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I remember a story, not sure if it was an Nter but a kid wrote a letter to Nike because he always liked Nike shoes but couldn't tie his laces so Nike sent him a personal shoe with velcro straps. Took a while for Nike to respond but they did pull through so maybe Nike will listen again.


Edit- Found the story

Despite a grim prognosis, Matthew Walzer walks, speaks flawlessly and has earned a 3.9 grade-point average. But cerebral palsy continues to keep the 16-year-old from tying his shoes, an obstacle he hopes Nike can help him overcome.

Walzer penned a letter to the hallowed shoe company’s CEO Mark Parker on Tuesday, asking Nike to make an athletic shoe with a closure system that doesn’t require lacing (H/T Mashable). The aspiring journalist, who has flexibility in only one of his hands, has tried wearing slip-ons, but none offer the proper support for him to play sports.

“At 16 years old, I am able to completely dress myself, but my parents still have to tie my shoes. I find this extremely frustrating, and at times, embarrassing," the Florida high schooler writes in his letter posted to his blog. “My dream is to go to the college of my choice without having to worry about someone coming to tie my shoes everyday.”

To get his campaign off of the ground, Walzer contacted leading sneaker blog Nice Kicks for help and publisher Matt Halfhill immediately got on the case.

“I promised Matthew that I would do whatever I could to have Mark [Parker] see the letter,” Halfhill says in his YouTube video. “I thought, ‘Why don’t we have a little bit of fun with it?’”

Halfhill stayed up until 3 a.m. Wednesday filming a video about Walzer’s cause and has called on Twitter users to post it with the hashtag #NikeLetter. For every tweet, Nice Kicks will send a postcard to Nike's CEO -- signed by each participating Twitter user.

“Our hopes are that we can get a bunch of these filling up a USPS truck to drop off in Beaverton [at Nike headquarters],” Halfhill says.

It’s a shot that Walzer is banking on to help make his dream come true.

“I believe everyone, no matter what their physical, economic, or social circumstances may be, deserves to call themselves an athlete,” Walzer writes, “and deserves to have a sense of freedom and independence.”


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i wouldve been mad to get some lebrons in the mail if i was that kid...smh.

mynameaintG said:

i wouldve been mad to get some lebrons in the mail if i was that kid...smh.

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Wait what?

Sorry to persist, but my twitter use is uber limited. Am i able to attach this to a twitter message - Am i better off having someone else "tweet" it who is more followed? furthermore, if you message people in "high places" , there is really no way to know if they have read/seen it correct? Any direction would be appreciated- sorry TWITTER NOOB.

i think nike has a link somewhere that you can actually ask for item for donations.