Today is National Go Barefoot Day, a day Soles4Souls uses to generate awareness of the power of a pair of shoes in our daily lives. A day in which instead of putting yourself in someone else’s shoes, you put yourself in the place of someone who isn’t allowed into what we call “normal” because they […]
It’s December 26th as I write this. I should have done it sooner and my tardiness has caused extra work for some on the Soles4Souls team. I apologize for that. There’s just a lot to be done… Because it seems to me that those are the two exactly right feelings (what’s left undone and gratitude for all […]
David and I are just completing our third African visit in the last three years. Once we again we covered a lot of ground quickly, met some amazing people, had some tough conversations and started some new ones that seem very promising. […]
The flight from Sierra Leone to Malawi is a long one…about 22 hours door to door. We flew from Freetown to Accra to Nairobi to Nampula to Lilongwe. […]
The trip had a less than ideal beginning. Our flight left at 1:05a and arrived into Freetown Sierra Leone at 4:05a, which was four hours flying with the time change. Loads of screaming children meant no sleep. […]
If you’ve been around Soles4Souls very much, you’ve probably heard the stories about our work and our partner in Moldova. I just returned from a trip to Moldova. And I have to confess, that I haven’t told the whole story. Sort of. […]
Last week, we launched our “Give shoes. Give love. Go green” campaign. Increasingly, the environmental impact of recycling/upcycling/reusing shoes and clothes is moving to the fore in our message. […]
In the last few weeks, two individuals from totally different parts of my life recommended watching True Cost, a documentary about the global apparel and footwear industry—they were right on the money. […]
Some of the best three minutes of a speech I’ve seen in a long time is Nina Turner, an Ohio state senator, at a January’s MLK day event in DC. In particular, the last minute really resonated with me when she talked about her grandmother’s wisdom of the three bones: wishbone, jawbone and backbone. […]