Local runner, law student, and our friend, Jerry Boies, recently returned to his native Haiti with a suitcase full of your gently used shoes in tow. The story goes that he told one child in his village to come back the next day because he might have a pair of shoes for him, and the next day there was a line of people outside his door. He sent us a few photos and a word of thanks upon his return: "Thank you so much for helping some kids not go to school or church barefoot!"
It's as simple as that. Thank YOU for recycling your old-to-you running shoes!
“But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.”
- William Butler Yeats
p.s. Bull City Running Co. is also an official drop-off location for Soles4Souls!
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