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Soles4Souls
Soles4Souls is a Nashville-based charity, founded in 2006, that collects new and used shoes and redistributes them through direct donations to people in need and through micro-enterprise partners. Since they began, Soles4Souls has distributed over 22 million pairs of shoes to people in over 127 countries, including Kenya, Thailand, Nepal, Haiti, Japan and the United States.〔()〕
In September 2014, they were awarded The Memorial Foundation Leadership Award from the Center for Nonprofit Management. Among other publications, Soles4Souls has been featured in (The Tennessean ), Footwear News, ''Runner's World'', ''Ladies' Home Journal'', National Geographic's ''The Green Guide'', and ''The New York Times''.〔http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/business/20flier.html〕
The organization has appeared on CBS, ABC,〔()〕 NBC, FOX, BBC, and thousands of regional news outlets across North America.
==Beginnings==
After watching news coverage of the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and seeing an image of a single shoe wash ashore, Wayne Elsey along with a group of philanthropists and shoe company executives were moved to do something. They orchestrated the collection of over 250,000 pairs of shoes and delivered them to those most impacted. After Hurricane Katrina hit the very next year, they collected nearly one million pairs for relief efforts. After realizing the desperate need for adequate footwear all around the world, Soles4Souls was officially formed as a 501(c)(3) non-profit in 2006.
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