Lotus Boutique Announces Shoe Drive with Soles4Souls™
Shoe drive to benefit victims of the Haiti earthquake
Boonton NJ September 21, 2010 –Bridget Connor owner of Lotus Boutique a contemporary women’s clothing boutique on Main Street in Boonton NJ, is partnering with Soles4Souls to launch a shoe drive that will benefit the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
Our local community is encouraged to bring their new or gently worn shoes to Lotus Boutique from
September 21st through October 5th.
We are looking for all shoes styles please! Mens, women's, children's sandals, boots,tennis shoes, sneakers and even singles for amputees are all welcome. Please bring your shoe donation to Lotus Boutique at 908 Main St in Boonton during regular business hours. Please rubber band or tie pairs together for easier shipping.
Lotus Boutique will be offering a $15 gift card as a thank you for your donation.
"I am so excited to participate in this shoe drive and to be able to contribute my business location to help collect shoes that are going to help the people of Haiti who have experienced unimaginable devastation," Connor said.
Lotus is working with Pennsylvania resident Karin Beth Pfisterer-Leaver who will be traveling to Haiti on October 18th with Soles4Souls to distribute shoes. Pfisterer-Leaver is asking for help in reaching her goal of collecting 1,000 pairs of shoes.
"We will be visiting an orphanage while we are there -- many of the children have NEVER had a pair of shoes. Thank you for your generosity" Pfisterer-Leave says.
Founder and CEO of Soles4Souls, Wayne Elsey praised the union between small business and the world-wide need for charitable giving.
“We need our partners like Lotus Boutique and the Boonton area community to ‘STEP UP’ and get behind our call for action. It’s one of the most simple yet profound gifts you can make, because it will greatly improve someone’s life in the most difficult of times,” Elsey said.
It is estimated that Americans have 1.5 billion pairs of unused shoes in their closets. Soles4Souls can use each and every pair of these shoes to make a tangible difference in someone’s life.
About Soles4Souls®: The Nashville-based charity that collects shoes from the warehouses of footwear companies and the closets of people like you.
The charity distributes these shoes free of charge to people in need, regardless of race, religion, class, or any other criteria. Since 2005, Soles4Souls has given away over 5.5 million pairs of new and gently worn shoes (currently donating one pair every 9 seconds.)
The shoes have been distributed to people in over 125 countries, including Kenya, Thailand, Nepal and the United States. Soles4Souls has been featured in Runner’s World, Ladies’ Home Journal, National Geographic’s Green Guide and The New York Times. It has appeared on CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX, BBC, CNN and thousands of regional news outlets across North America.
Visit www.giveshoes.org
