“Stepping into Joy: How New Shoes Transform Lives for Children Experiencing Homelessness”

Not many children include shoes on their holiday wish list. But for so many of the millions of kids experiencing homelessness in the U.S., new shoes are actually what they most want. It’s not just that these kiddos want to look good. It’s that they want to feel good. They want to win a […]
High Hopes and Big Goals For 2022

Have you ever set a goal that felt so huge… so completely out of reach… so audacious… that you just knew in your bones it was right? Maybe for you it was running your first 5K. Or your first ultra-marathon. Maybe it was saving for a big purchase. Your dream car. A bucket-list trip. Maybe […]
Going Barefoot. Standing Together.
From Soles4Souls President & CEO, Buddy Teaster. Today is National Go Barefoot Day, a day Soles4Souls uses to generate awareness of the power of a pair of shoes in our daily lives. A day in which instead of putting yourself in someone else’s shoes, you put yourself in the place of someone who isn’t […]
Help Before Disaster Strikes
Before Soles4Souls officially came into existence, we were responding to natural disasters. After seeing dramatic images following the earthquakes and tsunamis in south Asia the day after Christmas 2004, the S4S founder-to-be knew he could help. Together with the footwear industry, and the help of two men who became founding board members, they delivered several […]
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 Soles4Souls Respond to Natural Disaster Victims During the Big Payback
From the blog of our president and CEO, Buddy Teaster We recently had our all-staff retreat… a time to look ahead but also look at what worked and didn’t work in the last year. As we talked through the ins and outs, I made a mistake. I forgot to mention the devastating hurricanes in Texas, […]