Category: 4EveryKid

Society of Threads Donates 20,000 Masks to Soles4Souls

When organizations can collaborate together to put their products and services to good use, the results of that partnership can make a truly meaningful impact. And in the year 2020, retail brands have been especially innovative and creative in distributing products to those in need. Recently, Society of Threads, a clothing brand specializing in performance […]

Shoes for Safety

Thirty years ago, the idea to preserve a single resident occupancy (SRO) building in Los Angeles, sparked a mission. Years later, that mission grew into 25 more buildings with 1,787 units — all for the purpose of housing a very specific demographic– those who have faced chronic homelessness. Across Los Angeles County, 60,000 people are homeless, and […]

Giving as a Business Model

There are few apparel brands that center their business model completely around giving. For Bombas, that’s been their philosophy since day one and because of that, they’ve been able to donate 35 million items to more than 3,500 giving partners. Soles4Souls has been fortunate to have Bombas as a long-standing partner, where we’ve been able […]

Bridgestone Indonesia and Soles4Souls Join Forces to Turn Recycled Tires into Shoes

Soles4Souls Asia and PT Bridgestone Indonesia, a group company of Bridgestone Corporation, the world’s largest tire & rubber company, today announced a new 2-year partnership (2020 – 2022) for an exciting sustainable project to create new shoes out of recycled tires. The partnership will be set in motion on June 5 in celebration of World […]

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 […]

Lives Changed in Arizona

Through your support of our mission, you’ve traveled with us to many countries outside our own. And although the realities of life in extreme poverty may be harsher than you could’ve imagined, they may be a bit easier to accept under the guise of a “developing world.”   But how willing are we to turn […]

Wearing Out Poverty at Maryland Elementary School with NSRA

“I like my new shoes.” When you grow up in a low-income neighborhood, that’s something you might not get to say very often. But thanks to Soles4Souls’ partnership with the National Shoe Retailers Association (NSRA), that’s exactly what we heard from a District Heights Elementary School student., Tina Howard. He then added, “I really appreciate […]

A Simple Gift Brings Joy and Hope to Carlos

It’s been our privilege to share the stories of some of the children we’ve met during our shoe distributions in the United States and all over the world this past year. Their transformational accounts of life before and after your gift of shoes embody the very essence of our work together—from risking injury and disease […]

Delivering Christmas, One Stop at a Time

By: Buddy Teaster, CEO, Soles4Souls It may seem odd to think about Christmas in the dead of summer, but here at Soles4Souls, we are busy preparing for a special holiday event that has been spreading hope and joy for more than 75 years. That beloved tradition, that Soles4Souls is lucky to be a part of, […]

Help Provide Their Perfect Pair

If you’ve had a child in your life, you’ve likely heard the all too familiar, “I don’t want to go to school today”. (Kudos if you haven’t!) After all, leaving the comfort of a warm bed to practice multiplication tables isn’t always that appealing. But when finishing grade school isn’t a responsibility, but a privilege, […]