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Officially Recognizing Great Agencies Noteworthy in Zedakah and Aiming To Impact Others with Needed Support

Each month Areyvut will be featuring a different organization that is working hard to make a difference in their community.  It is our hope that you will be inspired by the important work these organizations are doing and cause you to get involved in some way.
 
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September 2010 

Organization: Share Your Soles

Mission: The mission of Share Your Soles is to educate, enlighten and expand the hearts and minds of those blessed with so much, reaching out to those around the world with so little...sharing a gently worn pair of shoes can bring nations together, break down walls of prejudice and create awareness of working together for the greater good of humanity.

Organization Description: Share Your Soles is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt charitable organization.  Mona Purdy started this project using her home in Palos Park as a service center.  As the charity quickly grew in size, it moved to larger quarters.  It is now housed in a large warehouse in Alsip, IL.  Share Your Soles distributes a minimum of 10 shipments of shoes per year.  The shipments have impacted at least 250,000 people in dire need.  Shoe donations have been delivered to 42 countries, including Haiti, Uganda, Guatemala and Kenya.  In addition, shoes have been delivered to victims of Hurricane Katrina, fire victims in California and several Native American Reservations.  Nearly 1,000,000 pairs of shoes have found new homes since Share Your Soles was founded.

Fun Fact: Share Your Soles owes much of its success to individuals, organizations and volunteers that help collect shoes, by running shoe drives, to getting the shoes to our facility, washing the shoes, sorting the shoes, boxing the shoes and preparing the shoes for shipment.  Between 200-500 volunteers show up for work each week.

How Can I Help? 
Monetary donations are always helpful and appreciated.  Make a donation online.

Contact Person: Mona Purdy
Address: 11701 S. Central Ave. Alsip, IL 60453
Phone: (708) 448-4469