Sunday, October 10, 2010

Recycled Sneakers Help Kids in Need

Greg Woodburn, a sophomore at the USC cleans used sneakers and shares them with underprivileged children in the United States and 20 other countries. I'm going to look in my closet right now, surely there is an old sneaker waiting for a new life.

Read his story online at the Reader's Digest
http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/recycled-sneakers-fit-for-sharing/article167335.html

Learn more about his non profit -  Woodburn's Share Our Soles (S.O.S.)
http://www.shareoursoles.org/

3 comments:

Cathy in gorgeous Sonoma County said...

Great idea for a blog. Good for you!

Roger said...

Hi Linda,

This is a great idea - similar to Toms Shoes. This sounds like a good way to put things into to use that would otherwise end up in a landfill.

Unknown said...

Hi Roger

thanks so much for posting to the blog. So many of us have items we no longer use and it is always so encouraging to learn about ways to make share those items with others.

Another idea from my days as a high school teachers, was at Montgomery High where they collected "slightly used" prom dresses and donated them to girls who were going to prom on a budget.

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