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In May 2020, Krasinski partnered with Sevenly, 5th Element, and the Starbucks Foundation to launch ”Some Good Merch”, an online merchandise store designed to raise financial support for multiple social causes during the [[COVID-19 Pandemic]]. Store items, including shirts, mugs, tote bags, ornaments, and reusable face masks, featured donated fan art of Krasinski’s [[Some Good News]] web show, as well as artwork made for the show by Krasinski’s daughters.<ref>{{cite web|title= John Krasinski’s Daughters Design T-Shirt to Help Restaurant Employees Struggling Amid COVID-19 Pandemic |url= https://www.etonline.com/john-krasinskis-daughters-design-t-shirt-to-help-restaurant-employees-struggling-amid-covid-19/|date=12 May, 2020 }}</ref>
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<ref>{{cite web|title= The Starbucks Foundation teams with John Krasinski’s Some Good News|url= https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2020/the-starbucks-foundation-teams-with-john-krasinski-some-good-news/|date=18 May, 2020 }}</ref> All sales profits went to one of six charities of the buyer’s choosing, with The Starbucks Foundation agreeing to match up to one million dollars. ”Some Good Merch” raised nearly $500,000 within one month and over $2 million by 2021 <ref>{{cite web|title= John Krasinski Announces That SGN Manages To Raise $2 Million In Donations |url= https://www.thethings.com/john-krasinski-announces-that-sgn-manages-to-raise-2-million-in-donations/|date=February 4, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Sevenly Announces Brand New Merch |url= https://m.facebook.com/sevenly.org/photos/brand-new-in-the-some-good-merch-collection-help-fundblack-lives-matter-naacp-le/3314517678613612/|date=June 15, 2020 }}</ref>. Initial donations were made to ”[[World Central Kitchen]]”, the ”Restaurant Employee Relief Fund”, ”[[Direct Relief]]”, ”Trauma Free World”, and the ”[[Boys & Girls Clubs of America]]”. Financial donations from ”Some Good Merch” to ”Direct Relief”, in coordination with a team at the First Nations Fund, were channeled into thousands of COVID-19 [[PPE]], face masks and sanitizer, and other medical relief supplies for the [[Navajo Nation]] and White River Indian Hospital in [[Fort Apache Indian Reservation]], a facility serving over 17,000 tribal members and run by the Indian Health Service (IHS). <ref>{{cite web |title=Direct Relief Sends Emergency COVID-19 Aid Package to Fort Apache Indian Reservation with Support from Some Good News Community|url=https://5thelement.group/direct-relief-sends-emergency-covid-19-aid-package-to-fort-apache-indian-reservation-with-support-from-some-good-news-community/|date=1 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Navajo Nation Receives COVID-19 Supplies from SGN Community Partners, Including 5th Element, Sevenly and The Starbucks Foundation, through Direct Relief|url=https://5thelement.group/navajo-nation-receives-covid-19-supplies-from-sgn-community-partners-including-sevenly-and-the-starbucks-foundation-through-direct-relief/|date=27 July 2020}}</ref> Additional PPE donations were made to ”SelfHelp Community Services”, a home and community-based healthcare service for elderly Holocaust survivors and homebound seniors.<ref>{{cite web |title=Selfhelp Provides Care to Thousands of Holocaust Survivors Using PPE Donations Organized by 5th Element with Direct Relief, SGN and The Starbucks Foundations|url=https://5thelement.group/selfhelp-community-services-provides-care-to-thousands-of-holocaust-survivors-using-ppe-donations-from-direct-relief-and-the-sgn-community/|date=16 October 2020}}</ref> In June 2020, following widespread public protests against racial injustice in the United States, ”Some Good Merch” added donation options for the ”[[Black Lives Matter]]” organization and the ”[[NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund]]”, a civil and human rights legal organization dedicated to fighting racial injustice and eliminating structural disparities. In October, ”Some Good Merch” donations to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America assisted in the remote re-opening of the Metro Atlanta BGCA and the creation of new distance learning programs after the clubs were forced to close due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boys and Girls Club of Metro Atlanta Re-opens to Provide Distance Learning Site for Members, Assisted by Donation from The SGN Community, 5th Element and Starbucks|url=https://5thelement.group/boys-and-girls-club-of-metro-atlanta-reopens-to-provide-distance-learning-site-for-members-assisted-by-donation-from-the-sgn-community/|date=8 September 2020}}</ref> At this time, donations to ”Trauma Free” World also went towards the international “Signs for Hope” program, which assists in the training of trauma-informed care for deaf children and orphans<ref>{{cite web |title=Trauma Free World Brings “Signs for Hope” Program to Deaf Orphans With Help from The Starbucks Foundation, SGN, and 5th Element|url=https://5thelement.group/trauma-free-world-brings-signs-for-hope-program-to-deaf-orphans-with-help-from-the-starbucks-foundation-sgn-and-5th-element/|date=27 October 2020}}</ref> . In December of 2020, following the release of the ninth episode of [[Some Good News]], [[Toys for Tots]] was made available as an additional charitable option on Sevenly, which is an organization that provides toys to children whose families cannot afford to buy them around the Christmas holiday.<ref>{{cite web |title=Holiday Special with Dwayne Johnson: Some Good News with John Krasinski|url=http://www.virallegends.com/holiday-special-with-dwayne-johnson-some-good-news-with-john-krasinski/|date=20 December 2020}}</ref>
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