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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Creating New Ways to Give Back

Our partners at Zappos are key to making donating shoes easy — they provide free shipping of gently used shoes and clothing to Soles4Souls, which is crucial to helping support those in need. And in times like today, it is even more important that we can support those impacted by the health and economic crisis.  […]

A Tribute to David Graben: Our COO, President and Friend

It is with deep sadness that we announce that David Graben, Soles4Souls President and Chief Operations Officer, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2020 following a long battle with cancer. On behalf of the Soles4Souls staff around the world and our Board of Directors, we extend our deepest sympathies to David’s family during this time, including […]

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 […]

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 […]

Her Smile was all the Thanks we Needed

Antananarivo. A complicated name for an even more complicated city. Here, in the heart of the island-nation of Madagascar, a tapestry of paradoxes unfolds. And it’s here where seven-year-old Germaine calls home.   Germaine represents the hardships of growing up in extreme poverty. She’s beautiful—her features a blend of a diverse African heritage with Arab, […]