Share Our Shoes launches ‘Project Home’ to benefit Triangle residents.

April 15, 2010 - PRLog -- Raleigh, NC (April 15, 2010) - Share Our Shoes (SOS) has launched Project Home, a program to provide shoes to all Triangle-area residents in need.  SOS’ Raleigh facility is now open every weekday for area residents who need shoes for job interviews, work, sports, etc and are available in most men’s, women’s and children’s sizes.

Jennifer Pierce, the founder of Share Our Shoes, says “SOS has spent a good part of this year collecting and delivering shoes to victims of the earthquake in Haiti.  While working with other local groups, I was exposed to the enormous need for shoes that exists in our own back yard.  We decided to launch Project Home to not just focus attention on the need, but to also do something about it.  SOS has put shoes on thousands of people in Haiti and is looking forward to doing the same in the Triangle.”

Anyone in need of shoes is encouraged to visit SOS’ facility on Capital Blvd in Raleigh Monday - Friday between 3pm & 5pm.  Share Our Shoes requires a current living situation ID from a shelter, recovery program or state run facility.  We also accept referrals, on letterhead, from churches and other public assistance programs.  

To support Project Home, SOS is expanding its Shoe Drive and Barefoot programs, as well as asking individuals to clean out their closets and donate their unwanted shoes.  Anyone interested in donating to Share Our Shoes is encouraged to contact us through our website (www.shareourshoes.org) or by phone (919-805-3007).

Contact:      
Share Our Shoes
Jennifer Pierce
1107 Capital Blvd. Raleigh, NC 27603
919-805-3007
info@shareourshoes.org

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About Share Our Shoes:
Share Our Shoes (formerly Shoes-4-Souls) is a Raleigh North Carolina based non-profit organization founded in 2009 to provide shoes for those in desperate need. To date Share Our Shoes has shipped almost 400,000 pairs of shoes to Haiti, and has distributed over 10,000 pairs locally in the Triangle. Video footage of Share Our Shoes’ trips to Haiti is available by request as well as on the web at: www.ShareOurShoes.org.