365: The Reboot

Someone who very much inspires me is trying hard this holiday season to identify ways to give back during the "25 days of Christmas" and I just love that.  In reading her blog I saw she donated an old pair of running shoes to a Show Charity called Soles4Souls.  Interesting.  I just purged my closet and donated at least 4 pairs of shoes to the Goodwill last week... I wish I had known about this group!  Well, I went online and read more about the organization.  Amazing.... and something so many of us never think of.  Imagine.  Where do the homeless get their shoes?  We think about jackets when its cold... or even blankets.  But they walk everywhere, and I can only imagine how worn their shoes get.  I noticed yesterday when running around the lake that many of the homeless down here wear crocs.  During the summer that makes sense... but wow how cold during our (few albeit but still) cold splashes.  So I decided to get involved.  Besides... if there is anything I know, its shoes.  I donated to the cause (check out their website - if you donate $1, that will buy a pair of shoes for one person!) and donated some still new shoes to a local drop off location that collects for this charity.  I'm also arranging to get my organization involved for the month of January so guests and team members alike have the opportunity to donate old or new shoes. Be sure to visit their website and learn more about them: www.soles4souls.org.  And just consider... after Christmas and all that new stuff you now have to find a home for.... can you look in your closet and part ways with just one pair of shoes to help someone else out?