Author: Soles4Souls

Creating New Ways to Give Back

Our partners at Zappos are key to making donating shoes easy — they provide free shipping of gently used shoes and clothing to Soles4Souls, which is crucial to helping support those in need. And in times like today, it is even more important that we can support those impacted by the health and economic crisis.  […]

A Tribute to David Graben: Our COO, President and Friend

It is with deep sadness that we announce that David Graben, Soles4Souls President and Chief Operations Officer, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2020 following a long battle with cancer. On behalf of the Soles4Souls staff around the world and our Board of Directors, we extend our deepest sympathies to David’s family during this time, including […]

Engaging a Community Through Shoes

It’s not every day that you see a garage filled with 4,500 shoes, but for Audrey Ramos of Layton, Utah, it’s hardly been used for cars since 2015.    “I call it my She-Shoe-Shed,” she laughs.   Audrey works as the store manager for Brighton Collectibles in Farmington, Utah. Brighton, which has 180 stores nationwide, […]

Giving Back in Big Ways

Many brands are finding ways to help during the COVID-19 crisis, and some have led the charge in supporting essential workers. In five days, Allbirds donated $500,000 worth of shoes to healthcare workers who asked for a pair online.     The influx of requests for shoes was more than they could have ever anticipated. In […]

The Power of Sustainable Brands Partnering Together

For many companies, shifting how they operate during this time has proven challenging, but many have taken the opportunity to get creative and give back. Junkluggers in Warrenton, Virginia, has implemented safe methods for doing their work and protecting employees, all while continuing to support charities like Soles4Souls. Junkluggers helps provide sustainable disposal services by […]

Repurposing Factories for Good

When states like Massachusetts ordered non-essential businesses to close amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, companies like our partner New Balance complied by closing their factories and retail stores. No more than a week later, however, the factories re-opened their doors — not to make shoes, but face masks. As an urgent demand for personal protective […]

How One Small Business is Engaging Customers

For many small businesses, navigating how to keep customers engaged while stores are closed has proven challenging. In Arlington, Virginia, Formula Running Center has worked hard at keeping their audience engaged while staying at home. “Despite having to temporarily close due to COVID-19, FRC has been putting its ‘best foot forward’ to stay engaged with […]

Growing Up With Soles4Souls

For some families, collecting shoes is simply routine. For the Moore family, service and helping others is instilled in their kids.   “We have always been a very philanthropic family and enjoy doing service projects and helping others. We have been working on this drive for six and a half years, so my four girls […]

Saving the Planet, One Shoe at a Time

For many parents right now, working from home has its added challenges– like kids not being at school. For Sarah Morrison, a mom in Virginia, coming up with activities for her energetic 6 and 4 year old boys felt daunting at first.   “When the school closed for two weeks, then four, then indefinitely, I […]

One Girl’s Collection, Another Woman’s Treasure

At Soles4Souls, the majority of the work we do would be impossible without volunteers. Suriya & Surina Gadh, twin sisters from Miami, Florida, have collected 5,214 pairs over the last two years for Soles4Souls and fundraised over $2,000. Shoe drives like theirs support our micro-enterprise program, which supplies gently used shoes to business owners in […]