Old running shoes.......

If you are like me then you have a few pairs of old running shoes that for some reason you are still holding on too. I'm not sure if it's because I'm cheap and don't want to throw them out? Nostalgic? Lazy? Or what! So I had to pass this info on, think what a difference it will be making in someones else's life.. I challenge you to make the time to mail a pair ....

Runner's World Shoe Donation

A complete listing of all organizations that accept used running shoes.

Published 08/28/2006

Runner's World has continued its commitment to find a place for your old running shoes. We sought out worthy organizations that will take your used running shoes and bring them to the less fortunate in throughout the world. If you would like to contribute, here are a few places you send your old running shoes.

Soles4Souls

Shoe companies, retailers, and individuals can donate footwear both new and used to those in need around the world. Soles4Souls has coordinated relief efforts for the Asian Tsunami and Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Ike, netting over 1 Million pairs donated for these disasters.Send your old running shoes to:Alabama (Primary Warehouse Facility)Soles4Souls, Inc.315 Airport RoadRoanoke, AL 36274TennesseeSoles4Souls, Inc.619 Old Hickory Blvd.Old Hickory, TN 37138NevadaSoles4Souls, Inc.Foreign Trade Zone #896620 Escondido StreetLas Vegas, Nevada 89119

Shoe4Africa

Shoe4Africa is a charitable organization whose mission is "empowerment through sports and education, creating unique health initiatives, and promoting Aids awareness."

Note: All shoe donations from America must be sent via Airmail.

Send your old running shoes to:

Shoe4Africa

c/o Monicah Kiplagat

PO Box 6943

Eldoret, Kenya

Nike Reuse-A-Shoe

Grinds your old running shoes into material that makes athletics and playground surfaces.

Send your old running shoes to:

Nike Recycling Center

c/o Reuse-A-Shoe

26755 SW 95th Ave.

Wilsonville, OR 97070

The Shoe Bank

Founded in 1989, the Shoe Bank provides shoes for twenty thousand people every year - primarily children, both here and abroad.

Send your old running shoes to:

Michael Barringer

Shoe Bank

205 Becky Lane

Rockwall, TX 75087

Heart and Sole

Provides new and gently used shoes to the poorest of the world's people. Since the project began in 1999, more than 6,000 pairs of shoes have been shipped around the world.

Send your old running shoes to:

Ann Cook

A314 East Fee Hall

College of Osteopathic Medicine

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI 48824-1316

Warren Striders Track Club, Inc.

Provides running shoes to local and area low/moderate income families who often are unable to purchase adequate running shoes to their children.

Send your old running shoes to:

Jack Thornton, Jr.

Head Coach/Program Director

P.O. Box 3440

Warren, Ohio 44485

Sole Responsibility

A non-profit organization formed by a group of runners in Ottawa, Canada who donate gently used running and walking shoes overseas.

Send your old running shoes to:

Sole Responsibility

83 Place Road,

Ottawa, Ontario

K1L 5B9

For more information, go to www.soleresponsibility.org/ or contact Jennifer North at 613-240-4300