SP 284: The Covid-19 Hero Pin with Lori Livacich
The SHAIR Recovery Podcast
Omar Pinto
4.8 • 561 Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2020
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
'What we really need more than anything else during this pandemic is some hope."
As the COVID-19 pandemic struck us all with fear, frustration, and anxiety, Lori Livacich saw it as an opportunity to make a big difference with a small gesture.
Stemming from her initial idea of creating something of recognition for front-line workers, Lori Livacich co-founded and created the Hero Lapel Pin -- a pin that is meant to be given to everyday heroes and essential workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
"There's pins to thank nurses, there's pins to thank doctors, but what about everyone else who is putting their lives on the line?"
From there, Lori created one thousand pins and started giving them away. The concept took off.
"I went to the grocery store and saw a single mom, she probably had kids, and was fearful and exhausted, but you can just see it in her eyes. I could give someone a $100 bill but giving someone that pin just makes a world of difference."
However, it didn't take Lori overnight to get to get here. Through years of hard work and persistence, she combatted and battled addictions to food, cigarettes, and alcohol. Though a massive lifestyle change with coaching and support around here, today is a widely successful in all aspects of her life.
Prior to creating the Hero Lapel Pin, Livacich gained experience in various industries over the years. She began her career in public relations at a small advertising agency in Newport Beach, that transitioned her into working for her father's produce company, Vista Sales that grew, packed and shipped strawberries, tomatoes, avocados, and more. She worked as a Sales Manager for their San Diego division, which led her to be one of the first women to successfully lead her role in a primarily male-dominated industry.
Don't miss this emotional and uplifting conversation.
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| 0:00.0 | I don't want to make a like a big statement here, but I tell you, it will change your life, |
| 0:06.4 | giving a pin. |
| 0:07.5 | It's just, it's the greatest, one of the greatest things I've ever done. |
| 0:11.0 | I mean, I could give somebody a $100 bill, literally, which would be really nice. |
| 0:15.5 | But that pin, I'm telling you, it's just the, oh, God, it makes me cry. |
| 0:21.1 | Just the, like I was at the hospital the other day, and this nurse, she goes, oh, my God, she's like bawling because, you know, I'm a single mom, and she, they can't talk to people and they're all masked up. And, you know, she just couldn't, because I'm here, I put my life at risk every single day. And no one tells me, thank you. Great. Yes, I get a paycheck. I'm, well, thank you. But just to say thank you for like putting your life on the line. And it's really that thing that I had no idea. Honestly, I had no idea that this was what was going to happen to me. Selfishly, it's, it's been the greatest, one of the greatest things I've ever done in my life. |
| 0:55.0 | That was Lori Livasich, and this is the Share Podcast. |
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