Author: Soles4Souls

Blue Spruce Kiwanis Club Collects Over 30,000 Pairs of Shoes

For three consecutive years, the Blue Spruce Kiwanis Club of Evergreen, Colorado has completed a Ten2Give drive, in total collecting over 30,000 pairs of shoes for Soles4Souls. The on-going shoe drive has been a major effort for the Evergreen Mountain community, involving the elementary schools, Key Club students in high school, thrift stores, banks, and […]

A Letter From Khadijah Williams – A Hero for Homeless Youth

Dear neighbor, What I’m about to tell you will be difficult for you to hear… But I need you to know what happened to me because I’m on a mission to help make sure it doesn’t happen to anyone else. My story starts when I became homeless at just 6 years old. For nearly 20 […]

Improving Lives One Shoe at a Time

Vincent Vu, the creator of Kinis, remembers when he left home and traveled on a fishing boat with a “wave of immigrants” attempting to escape Vietnam. He was seven years old at the time. His family and several hundred others, crammed into the bottom deck of the fishing boat in hopes of a better life. […]

Receiving and Giving Back

At Soles4Souls, our team is always looking for new partners, especially those who work with communities in need of shoes. So last year when our Director of Asia-Pacific Operations, Sak Sivasurian, had donations from Bata Shoes, he was connected with Marymount Centre in Singapore. Under the Centre are three 24-hour residential homes for girls, a […]

Creating More Opportunity In Partnership

When we can find partners that share our vision for creating opportunity, our outreach and number of people impacted grows even larger. So naturally when our Vice President of Outreach, Tiffany Turner, heard about TenThirtyFive, a new boutique that opened in the town she lives in, she asked how Soles4Souls could help.   TenThirtyFive is […]

Two Women Run Appalachian Trail While Fundraising for Soles4Souls

When it comes to ultra challenges, best friends Meg Landymore and Celia Eicheldinger are up for anything. In March, Meg and Celia began an 18 month-long adventure called The AT RunVenture Project, which entails running 2,190 miles through the Appalachian Trail. During their weekends, they trek through miles, chiseling away at their goal. After initially […]

Miss Utah Contestants Collect 50,000 Pairs of Shoes

For three years, Soles4Souls and the Miss Utah Scholarship Organization (MUSO) have partnered, encouraging every contestant to collect 1,000 pairs of shoes. The contestant who collects the most each year also wins an opportunity to travel on one of Soles4Souls’ Global Experiences and engage in the work first-hand. Since 2018, MUSO has collected over 250,000 […]

Poverty Is Not A Character Flaw

When B.J. was just 7 years old, her parents sent her to live with a family friend because they didn’t have the financial resources to care for her.   This is a decision no parent should face.    But in rural Haiti where B.J. lives, the practice is common enough these children have a name: restavek. In […]

Designer Brands, Inc. and Soles4Souls Celebrate Pride Month

As another Pride month comes to a close, Soles4Souls and our long-time partner Designer Brands, Inc. (DBI) have partnered together to extend our support to LGBTQ+ communities. During the past month, DBI and its team have hosted a new shoe drive, and all donations will be funneled through Soles4Souls and distributed to organizations that serve […]

Q & A with Hellah Sidibe

On May 23, Hellah Sidibe finished his 84-day transcontinental run across the United States. On behalf of Soles4Souls, to date he has raised $14,409. With a goal of $50,000, Hellah has said just like his run, he doesn’t stop until he reaches his goal. Our CEO and ultra-runner, Buddy Teaster, joined Hellah on four different […]