Old Shoes Provide New Opportunities
The public is invited to participate in a shoe collection drive to raise funds for the Healthy Lombard Foundation. Donations of gently worn used and new shoes will be accepted. The amount of money raised is determined by the number of shoes collected.
The drive will be conducter from April 15 - June 14, 2016.
All donated shoes will be redistributed to microenterprise partners through Funds2Orgs, a for profit social enterprise, and used in developing nations for impoverished people to start their own businesses.
In the US alone, approximately 630 million pairs of shoes are thrown away per year. The materials used to manufacture a pair of shoes are created from chemical compounds that will create health hazards if left to disintegrate openly or in landfills. By donating your gently worn used and news shoes to the (NAME OF SHOE DRIVE/CHARITY), your shoes are given a second chance to make a difference.
Collection Sites include:
INLAND Bank on Westmore in Lombard
Health Tracks Sports Wellness on Roosevelt Rd. in Glen Ellyn
Helen Plum Memorial Library, Lombard
Jewel/Osco on Main Street in Lombard
Lexington Square of Lombard
LiNiTo Cycle, Lombard
Lombard Park District (Sunset Knolls & Lombard Commons Building) in Lombard
Olympia Chiropractic and Physical Therapy on York in Elmhurst
Revolution Physical Therapy and Weight Loss on Roosevelt Road in Glenn Ellyn
Schroder's ACE Hardware on Westmore in Lombard
Village Hall of Lombard
York Township Center on Westmore in Lombard
Since March 2009, Healthy Lombard, a 501c3 Foundation, has inspired and motivated kids to develop healthy lifetime habits as well as encourage a healthier lifestyle for everyone by following a "Triple A" approach of:
Building AWARENESS of the obesity problem we face in our communities.
Promoting ACTIVITIES to get children and their families moving. And Acknowledging ACHIEVEMENT -in promoting a healthy lifestyle by both individuals and worksites .
Form more information check out the Shoe Drive Page on the Healthy Lombard website at: http://www.healthylombard.com.