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When: February 1st-April 30th
Community Drop Off Days: Saturday, March 4th from 9am-12pm (304 Perkiomen Ave, Lansdale) and Saturday, April 8th from 9am-12pm (222 Maple Ave, Harleysville)When: February 1st-April 30th
Where: your home, neighborhood, scout troop, class, Bible study group, club, sports team, etc.
Why: to help people start businesses and improve their way of life while helping us fundraise to bring our daughter, Jiao, home from China
How: volunteer to take a bag and fill it with 25 pairs of gently used or new shoes, offer to be a drop off site if you own a local business, ask your neighbors to help you fill up a bag
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Thanks to these local businesses for acting as drop off sites:
Freddy Hill Farms- Lansdale, PA
Indian Valley YMCA- Harleysville, PA
T & T Nails- Harleysville, PA
BuxMont Crossfit- Pennsburg, PA
Central Community Center- Lansdale, PA
Tara Brehm- Zumba Instructor- Barn Studio of Dance, Souderton, PA
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Thanks to these local businesses for acting as drop off sites:
Freddy Hill Farms- Lansdale, PA
Indian Valley YMCA- Harleysville, PA
T & T Nails- Harleysville, PA
BuxMont Crossfit- Pennsburg, PA
Central Community Center- Lansdale, PA
Tara Brehm- Zumba Instructor- Barn Studio of Dance, Souderton, PA
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Funds2Orgs is a for-profit organization that re-purposes the shoes that we will be collecting. They are essentially paying us for the shoes that we collect. All donated shoes will then be redistributed throughout the Funds2Orgs network of microenterprise partners in developing nations. Funds2Orgs helps impoverished people start, maintain, and grow businesses in countries such as Haiti, Honduras, and other nations in Central America and Africa. Proceeds from the shoe sales are used to feed, clothe, and house their families.
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The shoes that we are collecting can be any type, any size, and for any age! We are looking for gently used or new shoes. Shoes cannot have any visible sizes of damage (soles that are melted, worn through, or falling off; broken heels; or are wet or moldy). They do not accept roller blades, ski boots, or ice skates.
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Sam and I are very excited about teaming up with Funds 2 Orgs!! Not only because it will help us in our adoption of Jiao, but because we will be able to help other families throughout the world become independent and give them a way to sustain and provide for their families.
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Please contact one of us if you'd like to take a bag and collect 25 pairs of shoes. If you own a local business, and would like to act as a drop off location, please email adoptionshoedrive@gmail.com and we will contact you! Thank you so much for your prayers and support!
