Reckitt Partners with USC Keck School of Medicine

Reckitt and USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health to distribute 4 million packs of Lysol Disinfecting Wipes to 16 community organizations across L.A. and promote vaccine & booster education through new public art initiative

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Feb. 2, 2022 – Reckitt, the maker of Lysol, is donating 4 million packs of Lysol Disinfecting Wipes to 16 Los Angeles-based community organizations. The donation will aid local hygiene and disinfection efforts amid the latest COVID-19 surge, as well as cold and flu season.

Part of the campaign includes a public art project driven by Reckitt and the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (IIGH) to encourage L.A.-area residents to learn more about COVID-19 vaccines and boosters through the Ad Council and COVID Collaborative's GetVaccineAnswers.org, part of their COVID-19 Vaccine Education Initiative which provides accurate, reliable and CDC-vetted answers to the top questions Americans have about the vaccines.

DISTRIBUTION OF LYSOL WIPES TO L.A. COMMUNITY

USC IIGH will help distribute the Lysol Disinfecting Wipes, primarily in partnership with Operation USA, LA Food Bank and Shelter Partnership, to the underserved, homeless, educators and youth across the greater Los Angeles area.

Recipient organizations will leverage the Lysol disinfecting products to help prevent the spread of illness-causing germs in their centers of work to help keep students, employees, customers, volunteers, and community members protected.

"Operation USA is proud to have worked diligently throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to deliver much-needed personal protective equipment, health care tools and preventative cleaning supplies to partners in need across our community and the country—and we can't do this important work without the enthusiastic support of our corporate partners," said Richard Walden, president and CEO of Operation USA. "We are so grateful to both IIGH and Reckitt, maker of Lysol, for this very generous donation, which will bolster too often overlooked and under-served community partners—who might not otherwise have access to the material aid they need—as they continue working to overcome ongoing challenges."

Reckitt has similarly focused its pandemic relief efforts on under-resourced communities through its HERE for Healthy Schools Initiative. Throughout the pandemic, the brand has worked closely with education partners to provide millions of disinfecting supplies and educational materials to Title 1 schools across the country, helping schools safely return to in-person learning.

Community Partners impacted by Lysol's product donation include:

1. City of Los Angeles, Parks and Recreation
2. Crypto Arena
3. Dream Center
4. Exposition Park
5. Labor Community Services
6. LAC+USC Medical Center Foundation, Inc./The Wellness Center
7. Los Angeles Community College District
8. Los Angeles Police Department
9. Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
10. Occidental College
11. Operation USA
12. San Gabriel Mission Church Food Pantry
13. Shelter Partnership
14. The Salvation Army Los Angeles Red Shield Community Center
15. YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles
16. Los Angeles Unified School District