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# Shawn Mendes' Foundation Donates $175k to Children's Hospital Preparing for COVID-19 Screening
- URL: https://celebritykind.ghost.io/shawn-mendes-foundation-donates-175k-to-childrens-hospital-preparing-for-covid-19-screening/
- Published: 2020-03-26T00:01:09.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-30T04:16:45.000Z
- Author: Nehal Dalgliesh
- Tags: Kindness, #Migrated-1790725130940, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-09-29 23:39

Canadian superstar **Shawn Mendes** has become the latest celebrity to contribute to the fight against the coronavirus crisis.

The singer has announced that his non-profit foundation - **The Shawn Foundation** \- is donating $175,000 to the **SickKids Foundation** to help a children's hospital in his hometown of Toronto purchase equipment and supplies to deal with COVID-19 cases.

"By making this donation to SickKids, we hope to help provide support in the urgent screening and prevention of COVID-19 for their patients and the surrounding community of Toronto," **Shawn** says in a statement.

For the next month, any donations made to **The Shawn Foundation** will go towards **SickKids** as well as the World Health Organisation's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.