Lake Superior Trading Post (LSTP) will accept new or lightly worn shoes until December 12, said Eric Humphrey (shown here). The shoes will be sent to people that have been recently affected by Hurricane Sandy on the East Coast. The effort is being coordinated through Soles4 Souls, a non-profit agency that has collected and donated more than 19 million pairs of shoes to people in more than 125 countries since 2004. LSTP will donate at least 50 new pairs of shoes and pay for the shipping, Eric said.
Do you have new or lightly worn shoes gathering dust on a shoe rack or cluttering up your closet?
If you do, Eric Humphrey would like you to donate them to Soles4- Souls, a nonprofit organization that collects and distributes shoes to people in need the world over.
Over the last four years the Lake Superior Trading Post has donated hundreds of pairs of shoes to Soles4Souls, a Nashvillebased charity. Most of those shoes have gone to people living in Third World countries like Kenya, Thailand, Haiti, Nepal, etc.
But this year much of the footwear will go to people living in states affected by Hurricane Sandy and the super storm that affected much of the East Coast, said Humphrey, who with his sister Stephanie Anderson and mother Linda Zenk own and operate Lake Superior Trading Post.
“This year we are encouraging people to donate new or lightly worn shoes and bring them in to the store. For every pair of shoes brought in we will donate a new pair (at least 50 pairs) and we will pay for the shipping,” Humphrey said.
Since 2005 Soles4Souls has delivered over 19 million pairs of new and gently worn shoes to people in over 125 countries.
Soles4Souls began in 2004 after Wayne Elsey was watching the devastation caused by the tsunami that hit southeast Asia on TV. He saw a single shoe wash up on the shore and felt compelled to call some footwear executives and get them to donate shoes to people affected by the storm. It wasn’t long after that Elsey formed Souls4Souls, a simple idea that has helped many people throughout the world and benefited those of us who now have a worthy reason to undo our clutter.
Lake Superior Trading Post will collect shoes from now until December 12.
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