Local church kicks off shoe drive

VIRGININA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) - A Virginia Beach church is accepting shoe donations for Soles4Souls, Inc ., an organization that works to provide shoes for people in need.

Awaken Church , located at 4881 Euclid Road, will host the drive from October 2 until November 13.

The church is asking that people donate gently-worn shoes to the worthy cause.

Soles4Souls will then distribute the shoes to people living in extreme poverty and recovering from natural disasters.

According to a release, the organization donates a pair of shoes to a person in need every seven seconds.

“With tragedies such as the earthquakes in countries like Haiti and Japan, on top of the enormous needs elsewhere, we can use the estimated 1.5 billion shoes taking up space in the closets of ordinary people to change the world one pair at a time,” said Founder and CEO of Soles4Souls, Wayne Elsey.

Anyone interested in donating their shoes can drop them off in the bins in front of the church Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.

For more information about Soles4Souls and their campaign click here .