Flex Seal Selected as Finalist for Several Categories in the Shorty Social Good Awards

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Oct 21, 2020, 08:00 ET

WESTON, Fla., Oct. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Flex Seal® Family of Products has been selected as a 2020 Shorty Social Good Award Finalist for their COVID-19 efforts in the Emergency Relief, Public Health and B2B categories. Working alongside extraordinary partners, Flex Seal made it a mission during these trying times to help create life-saving personal protective equipment called Intubation Boxes. Designed by Dr. Yung Lai of Taiwan, the Intubation Box is a temporary protective device that works by sitting over the head and shoulders of a patient during the intubation process.

The documentary of the Flex Seal® Team working hard to help produce and distribute Intubation Boxes all across the Nation.

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"It's been absolutely incredible to see so many people come together to donate their time and resources," says Phil Swift, CEO, Inventor and Spokesperson for The Flex Seal® Family of Products. "I'm glad we (the Flex Seal Family) have been able to help with funding and the donation of Flex Tape, as well as the manpower to help assemble and locally distribute as many boxes as we possibly can."

The Shorty Social Good Awards honor the social good initiatives brands, agencies & nonprofits are taking to make our world a better place. While the Shorty Awards have long-honored the best of social media and digital, this competition includes efforts made by organizations to improve sustainability and diversity internally, foster globally-minded business partnerships and increase employee community and civic engagement.

Finalists were selected by members of the Real Time Academy of Short Form Arts & Sciences, comprised of luminaries from advertising, media, entertainment and technology. The group includes Ogilvy Vice President of Social Change Kate Hull Fliflet, Owner and CEO at Black Girls Run Jay Ell Alexander, Director of Social Impact at MTV, VH1 and Logo Maxwell Zorick, Founder and CEO at The Phluid Project Rob Smith, and more.

ABOUT THE FLEX SEAL FAMILY OF PRODUCTS

Swift Response, LLC is the distributor and marketer of The Flex Seal® Family of Products. Founded in 2011, the company provides a variety of DIY home repair and maintenance products specializing in waterproofing, adhesive, bonding and sealing.

ABOUT THE SHORTY SOCIAL GOOD AWARDS

The Shorty Social Good Awards are presented by the Shorty Awards and produced by Sawhorse Media, a New York-based technology company. Sawhorse also created and runs Muck Rack, the leading network to connect with journalists on social media.

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