Tag: 4opportunity

5 Tips for Spring Cleaning

Spring has sprung and for many of us, it’s time to get our clean on! It’s a time to take out the old and bring in the new, or ask ourselves “does this spark joy?”  With a year like 2020 behind us, there’s more reason than ever to cleanse ourselves of the things we don’t need. And if […]

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 […]

Supply Chain Leader Moves Over 100,000 Shoes

When other companies around the world share our core beliefs in serving others through sustainable solutions, we find a way to partner with them. XPO Logistics, a leading global provider of supply chain solutions, immediately wanted to know how they could help further our mission. And recently, they did just that, by shipping four ocean containers […]

Taking Care of Our Partners

For years, Soles4Souls has been able to provide opportunities for women in countries like Haiti and Honduras to make a sustainable income and support their families and communities. And if it weren’t for our in-country partners, like Raul, Sam and Paul, none of it would be possible. Our partners are the gateway to our entrepreneurs– […]

Giving as a Business Model

There are few apparel brands that center their business model completely around giving. For Bombas, that’s been their philosophy since day one and because of that, they’ve been able to donate 35 million items to more than 3,500 giving partners. Soles4Souls has been fortunate to have Bombas as a long-standing partner, where we’ve been able […]

Bridgestone Indonesia and Soles4Souls Join Forces to Turn Recycled Tires into Shoes

Soles4Souls Asia and PT Bridgestone Indonesia, a group company of Bridgestone Corporation, the world’s largest tire & rubber company, today announced a new 2-year partnership (2020 – 2022) for an exciting sustainable project to create new shoes out of recycled tires. The partnership will be set in motion on June 5 in celebration of World […]

Collect 70,000 pairs of shoes? No problem.

Rod Meeker can tell you a thing or two about shoe drives. The Northeast Ohio native is on his third 25,000 pair drive, and he’s not stopping any time soon. To date, he has collected around 70,000 pairs of gently used shoes.   Rod’s involvement with Soles4Souls started back in 2016, when he began his […]

Engaging a Community Through Shoes

It’s not every day that you see a garage filled with 4,500 shoes, but for Audrey Ramos of Layton, Utah, it’s hardly been used for cars since 2015.    “I call it my She-Shoe-Shed,” she laughs.   Audrey works as the store manager for Brighton Collectibles in Farmington, Utah. Brighton, which has 180 stores nationwide, […]

How One Small Business is Engaging Customers

For many small businesses, navigating how to keep customers engaged while stores are closed has proven challenging. In Arlington, Virginia, Formula Running Center has worked hard at keeping their audience engaged while staying at home. “Despite having to temporarily close due to COVID-19, FRC has been putting its ‘best foot forward’ to stay engaged with […]

One Girl’s Collection, Another Woman’s Treasure

At Soles4Souls, the majority of the work we do would be impossible without volunteers. Suriya & Surina Gadh, twin sisters from Miami, Florida, have collected 5,214 pairs over the last two years for Soles4Souls and fundraised over $2,000. Shoe drives like theirs support our micro-enterprise program, which supplies gently used shoes to business owners in […]