A little over ten years ago, I visited my first rescue mission in Southern California. I was overwhelmed with emotion after my tour seeing all the families there for various reasons, some of them for reasons that were completely out of their control.
The next weekend I went back to donate some food to their kitchen pantry for the upcoming week. A mother and her children arrived at the front door and asked the desk receptionist if they had received any shoe donations that day yet.
I looked down and saw that the children's shoes were too small and they were needing to wear socks (it was 95 degrees that day). My heart sank right there in the lobby.
My inner voice was calling me to do something...Shoebox Heroes was born.
Since then we were able to raise and receive thousands of pairs of shoes for children in that area.
Now that I have moved to Northern Colorado, my children are now starting their own lives and that inner voice was calling out to me again...time to make a difference and help children and families.
On 02/20/2020, I launched our new website Shoebox Heroes! Please take the time to reach out and share our site to your friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, and anyone else you think would love to "Be Someone's Shoebox Hero". You can also follow and stay in touch with us on Facebook and Twitter!
"Big journeys begin with small steps...our journey has just begun."
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.