Spring Cleaning with Soles4Souls
In a few months’ time, I’ll be moving halfway across the country, so this year’s spring cleaning ritual has taken on even greater necessity. I want to keep the clutter out of my new apartment, so that means paring down my possessions as much as possible. More specifically, it means paring down my shoe collection.
Luckily, I can recycle my footwear by donating it to Soles4Souls, a charity that provides used shoes to people who need them. The group has currently teamed up with Meryl Starr, an organization and motivation expert, for a nationwide Spring Cleaning program aimed at encouraging people to donate their gently-worn shoes.
According to Soles4Souls, approximately 300 million pairs of shoes were tossed in our landfills last year. This is pretty unacceptable, not to mention entirely unnecessary! Thousands of shoe stores across the country are accepting donations and holding shoe drives–find one to stop at on your way to the farmer’s market!
Marygrace, KIWI intern
