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    More than half of all the shoes collected remain in the U.S. , said Elizabeth Kirk, the charity's spokeswoman. "Our founder, Wayne Elsey, was inspired to start a non-profit by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ... We've given shoes to people affect by the California wildfires and to men being released from prison. We make sure that they have a pair of dress shoes to go out on job interviews." Students at St. Catherine of Sienna school, at 190 Shelton Road in Trumbull, are also participating in the Soles4Souils drive this week. Full Article at The Connecticut Post
    Our founder, Wayne Elsey, was inspired to start a non-profit by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ... We've given shoes to people affect by the California wildfires and to men being released from prison. We make sure that they have a pair of dress shoes to go out on job interviews.
    SOURCE: The Connecticut Post 2 months ago
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Donated shoes walk the extra mile to help people
  1. They've already distributed 5 million pairs of shoes to 125 countries.
    SOURCE: The Connecticut Post 2 months ago
  2. We will have special discounts for customers who donate a pair and then buy a pair of shoes on Thursday ... But since school just started and a lot of people recently bought shoes, we'll offer a coupon that [donors] can use the next time they do need shoes.
    SOURCE: The Connecticut Post 2 months ago
  3. Before we connected with Soles4Soles we contacted the U.S. Army, and they brought the shoes over to Iraq, where our soldiers give them to children and create goodwill
    SOURCE: The Connecticut Post 2 months ago
  4. We classify them into categories: A,B,C and D. The Ds are shoes that someone has worn for years to mow the lawn. There's no much we can do with those, but we'll recycle them. One thing for sure is that we want to keep shoes out of the landfills
    SOURCE: The Connecticut Post 2 months ago
  5. Your used pair can be someone else's new pair
    SOURCE: The Connecticut Post 2 months ago
  6. It was very successful and we plan to do it again next year.
    SOURCE: The Connecticut Post 2 months ago

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