Category: Impact Stories

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 […]

Celebrating Black History Month

Every year, the month of February serves as a dedicated time to remember, reflect, and celebrate the many contributions of Black communities. Here at Soles4Souls, we are honored to work with individuals and organizations that make up and support these communities year-round. This month, we want to honor some of these incredible individuals and organizations […]

Logan Clark Hosts Second Annual Charity Race for Soles4Souls

Eight years ago, Logan Clark was sitting in his second grade classroom when his teacher, Marsha Rettig, mentioned the volunteer work she was doing for Soles4Souls. Inspired by her work, Logan decided he wanted to start his own charity, Care4EmptyHearts. Since founding it in 2012, Logan and his mom, Vicki Clark, have put together events […]

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 […]

Thanking our Healthcare Workers in Singapore

Last year, after years of growth and outreach in Singapore, Soles4Souls opened its first warehouse there. Having a presence there has allowed us to directly receive donations from our international partners. Bata, one of the world’s leading shoemakers and a long-time partner of Soles4Souls, has been instrumental in allowing us to serve the region. Recently, […]

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 […]

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 […]

You Can Change The World, One Person At A Time

Hello! My name is Denise, and I am on the Soles4Souls Global Experiences Team. I have the privilege of facilitating several of our travel trips a year, and even more so, the honor of being present with both our travelers and shoe recipients in country. One of my favorite pastimes is listening to a person share […]

There’s Hope Now That Things Are Going To Get Better

On a normal morning in Villanueva, a municipality outside of San Pedro Sula in Honduras, Merary Majado opens the doors to her home– not for visitors, but for business. Lines of shoes are carefully organized on her windowsill, and before she’s been able to settle into the day, customers arrive. For Merary, her days start […]