Category: 4Relief

Providing Shoes and Relief to Oregonians

HOW NEW SHOES HELP DURING TOUGH TIMES Whether helping frontline healthcare workers during the pandemic, communities impacted by the tragic wildfires, families experiencing increasing levels of poverty, this past year, Soles4Souls Oregon has been able to assist those who need it most, by providing relief through one of the most basic essentials—a new pair of […]

52,000 Shoes Distributed in Lebanon

A couple years ago, we partnered with Cisco in Beirut, Lebanon to provide over 600 Skechers shoes to children in several communities and orphanages. Due to the country’s economic crisis, our partners there have said over and over how dire the need is for donations for children. So on August 4, 2020, when Beirut was […]

After Two Hurricanes, Volunteers in Central America Need Your Help

Last week, a devastating Category 4 storm, Hurricane Eta, made landfall. Since, more than 3.6 million people across Central America have been affected to varying degrees. In countries like Honduras, Nicaragua, and Guatemala, the devastation is widespread– mudslides and flash floods are continuing to pose threats, all while hospitals and shelters are struggling to manage […]

Meaningful Deposits

Fifteen years ago when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, it displaced over a million people. For one of them, Deidra C. Thomas-Murray, it was the beginning of a journey she never could have imagined experiencing firsthand. A mother of three daughters, and a foster parent, Deidra and her family of 15 were left homeless, moving […]

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 […]

Providing Comfort for Nurses

For Michelle Burdette, a Registered Nurse in San Antonio, Texas, serving others is just what she does —not only in her career but also in her free time. She’s traveled on multiple trips with Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach (WOGO), which helps transform lives in underserved communities by performing joint reconstruction for individuals burdened by arthritis and […]

100,000 Shoes for the Frontlines

For a company that’s used to primarily running through its brick and mortar, having to quickly adjust to stores closing was something DSW had never experienced before.   “There are all these new considerations in terms of health and safety, convenience offerings and being more aggressive with value because we know that times are tough […]

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 […]

Helping Healthcare Workers

If you go into most U.S. emergency rooms, you’ll likely find staff wearing Crocs.  Because Crocs are waterproof and can be easily washed off, it’s a big advantage as workers take extra precautions because of the spread of COVID-19. Now, 10,000 pairs are being donated a day to healthcare workers on the frontlines.   Since their daily donations started, […]

10 Years, 1 Heart, 4 Haiti

“The smells, the view, the rubble — it’s all really still planted in my mind of exactly stepping off that plane for the first time,” says David Graben, COO and President of Soles4Souls.    Ten years ago, our hearts shattered when a magnitude-7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti and millions of people. Six months later, staff from Soles4Souls visited […]