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5 people are interested
What fun it can be to teach kids how to sort shoes!
ORGANIZATION: Changing Footprints
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5 people are interested
Do you love kids? Do you love teaching? Do you occasionally have spare time on Saturdays or Sundays or during the week? Have we got a GREAT volunteer opportunity for you?
We are ChangingFootprints.org, an Indianapolis area non-profit. We collect, sort, and redistribute 45,000 pairs of used shoes every year to over 60 organizations like Wheeler Mission, Dress For Success, and IPS.
We have school groups, Scouting groups, sports teams, disabled youth, and every other group of kids you can think of that want to come to help us pair up the shoes and put them in boxes by type. It's easy, active, and rewarding. The kids laugh at the shoes they see and enjoy understanding who will benefit from their efforts. And 80% of the shoes stay local - within 20 miles of where they are standing.
If you love to teach, to lead, to inspire, then these two hour sorting sessions will pump you up. We'll show you what to do (it's really easy) and because we are 100% volunteer ourselves (no paid staff), we understand that you have a life and can only help out when it fits your schedule. We work the same way.
Want to know more? Call Bob Broughton at 317-727-4186
p.s. we also need volunteers who like to work with adults - companies for days of service.
More opportunities with Changing Footprints
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Changing Footprints
Location:
10291 N. Meridian, Locations in Rushville, Indianapolis, Greenfield, INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46290, US
Mission Statement
Changing Footprints realizes the great need for shoes around the world as protection from diseases and a gateway to education. Because of that need we collect new and gently used shoes for distribution to homeless, disaster-stricken, or underprivileged people locally, nationally, and internationally regardless of race, religion, gender, or ethnicity.
Description
Changing Footprints collects used shoes from a variety of sources: collection bins at shoe stores and churches, shoe drives by schools, churches, civic and governmental agencies, and donations of customer returns by shoe companies. We sort, classify by type, and quality check, and then provide the right type of shoes at no charge to agencies, individuals, and organizations who put them on the feet of those in need. We are a 100% volunteer organization with no paid staff and provide 15,000 pair of shoes per year to those in need, locally, in the US, and to international destinations. This diverts shoes otherwise destined for landfills to a important cause, educates our youth that they can make a personal difference, helps those in need, as well as those that volunteer their time, effort, and ideas. We are a flat organization that supports any volunteer with an idea they would like to try - in the words of our youth, "it's all good".
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
9302 N. Meridian Room 350BIndianapolis, IN 46206
DATE POSTED
October 28, 2018
SKILLS
- Child Development
- Mentoring
- Teaching / Instruction
- People Skills
- Group Facilitation
- Tutoring
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- 2 hours per month if you have it, less if you don'