When you donate shoes or clothing, you’re caring for the planet and changing someone’s life.
Drop off your gently worn shoes and clothing near you. Don’t forget to fill out our donation form prior to dropping off your donation.
Donate as many items as you’d like up to 50lbs with Zappos for Good in the continental U.S.
We divert _ pounds from going to local landfills, reducing the environmental impact of these unwanted shoes and clothing by extending their lifespan. We keep your donations in use for as long as possible which reduces their CO2 impact per wear.
We process your donations at one of our 7 global facilities then work to find them a new home where they can be most impactful.
One of our global 4Opportunity partners purchases and resells your donations to local entrepreneurs and thrift stores, creating jobs and helping people start and grow businesses to earn a living.
When resold, your donations create $_ of economic opportunity for families and communities around the world. This means more money in their pockets to use towards necessities and better opportunities.
In countries like Haiti and Honduras, your donations can provide consistent, quality food, housing and education for _ _.
Together, we turn your investment in our mission into opportunities so that all people - regardless of their gender, race, ethnicity or nationality - can have access to a better life and cleaner planet.
Yes, it's true, life is hard in Haiti, But with our income we feel that we have a choice, we no longer suffer from misery, we walk on it!
- Nancy and Germaine, Haiti
With this business of selling shoes, it gives me hope once again that a better life is possible.
- Milton, Micro Entrepreneur, Honduras
The people that donate these shoes…don’t always see the impact they have on our communities, but thanks to that small act they help us have a stable job.
- Yobani, Store Manager, Honduras
Prior to the shoes coming, I was unable to take care of my family…but ever since getting into the shoe program, I have been able to really assist my family and provide for them.
- Ginette D., Soles4Souls
It brings me joy when I see what I’ve been able to accomplish.
- Ginette D., Soles4Souls Micro-entrepreneur, Haiti
To the person that says one pair cannot make a difference, I would say that is absolutely not true. One pair can help me send my kids to school, one pair can help me feed my family, and bring joy to my kids and husband.
- Ginette D., Soles4Souls Micro-entrepreneur, Haiti
We help people in developing countries launch and sustain their own small businesses selling donated shoes and clothing.
Nearly 270 million tons of “garbage” hit our landfills every year. By collecting discarded shoes and clothing, together we’ve kept over 81 million pounds of textiles out of U.S. landfills.