At the end of every shoe season (there are two for us: Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter), we clear out our stock room of shoes from seasons past to make way for new styles. First, the samples are offered to any employees who would like to give them a good home. Lucky ladies who wear size 7 and gents who wear a size 9 enjoy rummaging through the boxes of left-over samples.
[Ronnette, our Key Account Assistant, and Alissa, our Accounting Analyst, check out the pile of women’s shoe and sandals before we donate the remaining pairs.]
The pairs of shoes and sandals left in the box at the end of the day are donated to a charity called Soles4Souls. Their mission is to collect new shoes to give relief to the victims of abject suffering and to collect used shoes to support micro-business efforts to eradicate poverty.
We’re quite happy to contribute to the cause. Our shoes mean so much to us! It’s a good feeling to know each pair can improve an individual’s quality of life – in any way possible!
Rebecca, Soles4Souls Staff
This is an awesome way to use your extra samples to change lives! Thank you for thinking of us and for helping us collect shoes. We really appreciate you all! =)