The Nike Doernbecher Freestyle 20 has an officially announced unveiling date: October 18th, 2024. The six-shoe collection will be revealed at the Portland Art Museum, which will be followed by a live auction of the shoes; all proceeds will go towards benefitting the OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. As of this update, images of the shoes have yet to be revealed, but OHSU and Nike have revealed additional details surrounding the event and the six young patients who designed the upcoming collection.
What Sneakers Are Releasing?
The Nike Doernbecher Freestyle is back in 2024 for its monumental twentieth edition, and we’ve got the exclusive on what sneaker models are confirmed to drop later this year.
Nike Doernbecher Freestyle XX release list:
Air Jordan 6 Retro
Nike Air Max Dn (Two colorways)
Nike Air Max SNDR Womens
Nike Air 180
Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 41
For the 2024 Nike Doernbecher Freestyle XX collection, the shoes are as follows: the Air Jordan 6 Retro, the Nike Air Max Dn (two colorways), the Nike Air 180, the Nike Air Max SNDR WMNS, and the Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 41.
The Nike Doernbecher shoes typically do not release until the final quarter of the year following a fundraiser event in Portland, OR. The entirety of the profits from retail sales of the Doernbecher Freestyle program are donated directly to the Oregon Health Sciences University Foundation benefiting Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.
What Is The Nike Doernbecher Freestyle?
Now two decades running, the Doernbecher Freestyle is a special program in which a child patient of OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital is paired up with a designer (or designers) at Nike. Their shoes are then released to the public, with all proceeds committed to OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. As of 2024, the Doernbecher Freestyle has generated over $37 million for the hospital as of the end of 2023. The figure will easily surpass the $40 million mark with the line-up of footwear, which consists of a healthy mix of retro classics and modern-day hits.
Stay tuned for first looks and more.