Shoe Drive To Benefit Soles4souls At Shoe Station

The Clarks Companies, N.A., a leader in casual and comfort footwear, announced a shoe drive to benefit Soles4Souls, at Shoe Station locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi. Between November 6 and November 15, 2009, Shoe Station will offer $10.00 off a Clarks footwear purchase to all customers who bring in gently worn pairs of shoes to help support the Soles4Souls effort.

“We are proud Clarks chose to partner with us for the Soles4Souls program,” said G. Brent Barkin, vice president of Shoe Station. “Since we are implementing this program at all 17 of our locations, this is a great opportunity to help the less fortunate during difficult times."

Every 9 seconds, Soles4Souls, Inc. gives away another pair of shoes to someone in need. The shoe charity has earned glowing endorsements from Hollywood stars and professional athletes, but the people that truly make the non-profit organization effective are those who clean out their closets to personally drop off their “gently worn” shoes at a participating location, such as Shoe Station.

Soles4Souls and Shoe Station will be collecting your gently worn footwear to ship to people in need, whether they are victims of natural disasters or subject to living in extreme poverty. It is estimated that Americans have 1.5 billion pairs of unused shoes lying in their closets. The charity can use each and every one of these pairs to make a tangible difference in someone's life.

“We can use the shoes taking up space in your closet to change the world one pair at a time,” said Wayne Elsey, founder of Soles4Souls. “We need our partners like Clarks and Shoe Station to 'STEP UP' and get behind our call for action. It’s one of the simplest yet profound gifts you can make, because it will greatly improve someone’s life in the most difficult of times,” said Elsey.

Shoe Station will be hosting this shoe drive at the following locations to benefit Soles4Souls: Dothan, AL; Mobile, AL; Montgomery, AL; Prattville, AL; Spanish Fort, AL; Tuscaloosa, AL; Pensacola, FL; Tallahassee, FL; Albany, GA; Baton Rouge, LA; Lafayette, LA; Flowood, MS; Hattiesburg, MS; and Jackson, MS.

For a listing of all store locations and details, please visit www.shoestation.com.