Category: Soles4Souls

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

This Means Happiness

On a Monday afternoon in the humid forests outside of Tela, Honduras, a group of 15 Soles4Souls travellers caravan down rough, dirt paths with bags of shoes strapped to the top of vans. Upon arriving to the first distribution of the week, the group learns the only way to the remote village of La Vente […]

Every Little Bit Matters

What were you like as a second grader? Do you remember your classroom? Your teacher’s name? At recess, did you race to the swingset or to the basketball hoop? Were you happier about the first day of school—or the last day before summer break? For the great majority of kids in the United States, having […]

Poverty Isn’t Only “Over There”

We often share stories of boys and girls we meet through our work in developing countries. Life on less than $2 per day for these 385 million children means that even essentials go unfulfilled. The harsh realities of extreme poverty slowly tear down their potential—and their dreams. Yet the gift of shoes made possible through […]

Together, We Can Break the Cycle of Poverty

One in five children in developing countries survive on $1.90/day. That’s nearly 385 million girls and boys living in extreme poverty worldwide. Imagine the faces behind these numbers, each bearing a burden far beyond their years. They lack all the basics we often take for granted, including a proper pair of shoes. And because they’re still […]

This Spring, Help Make a Difference Through the Gift of Shoes

The dawn of spring often brings travel plans for millions of people around the country. Eager to beat the winter blues or take advantage of school breaks, many of us pack our bags and head to sunny vacation destinations. Spotting an exotic capuchin monkey while hiking the rainforest in Costa Rica, swaying to the reggae […]