Fash­ion Shoe Com­pa­nies Donate More Than 70,000 Pairs of Children’s Shoes to Soles4souls® Inc, The Shoe Char­ity for Hait­ian Earth­quake Victims.

By Michael Ireland

Chief Cor­re­spon­dent, ASSIST News Service

NASHVILLE, TN/ NEW YORK, NY (ANS) — Soles4Souls, the inter­na­tional char­ity ded­i­cated to dis­trib­ut­ing new and gen­tly worn shoes to those in need all over the world, will send more than 70,000 pairs of infants and children's shoes to Haiti.

The shoes are in sup­port of Soles4Souls com­mit­ment to send more than 1.3 Mil­lion pairs of shoes to the dev­as­tated region.

They are being donated to Sole4Shoes by BCNY Inter­na­tional, a New York-based fash­ion footwear man­u­fac­turer, ser­vic­ing and sup­ply­ing the major North Amer­i­can retail­ers with wom­ens, kids and mens prod­uct, and Syn­claire Brands, a New York-based com­pany that is the footwear licensee for such brands as Kors Michael Kors, Stu­art Weitz­man, Paris Blues, True Jack­son, and Garanimals.

Soles4Souls has part­nered with other orga­ni­za­tions on the ground in Haiti to trans­port and dis­trib­ute the aid.

More than 30,000 pairs of shoes, includ­ing work boots, rain boots, children’s ath­letic shoes and cloth­ing items, have already been dis­trib­uted in Haiti. The shoe char­ity announced it will con­tinue to send aid to the region through­out 2010 as part of their sus­tain­able efforts to rebuild the country.

“The mis­sion to bring hope to the peo­ple of Haiti is well under­way,” said Wayne Elsey, Founder and CEO of Soles4Souls. “With the help of our friends at BCNY Inter­na­tional / Syn­claire Brands, Haitian’s can begin to rebuild their lives and look for­ward to a brighter day.”

“As a com­pany and as indi­vid­u­als, we have always been com­mit­ted to Souls4Soles in all of their global efforts and we will con­tinue to sup­port their gen­eros­ity around the world in dis­trib­ut­ing footwear to those in need,” said Evan Cagner, Pres­i­dent BCNY Inter­na­tional / Syn­claire Brands.

“When we saw what hap­pened in Haiti, we knew we had to do some­thing for the chil­dren. They are the future of Haiti and hope­fully the footwear will help them,” said Bruce Cagner, CEO BCNY Inter­na­tional / Syn­claire Brands.

Soles4Souls is a Nashville-based char­ity that col­lects shoes from ware­houses of footwear com­pa­nies and the clos­ets of peo­ple like you. We dis­trib­ute these shoes, free of charge, to peo­ple in need around the world.

Since 2005, Soles4Souls has given away over 7 mil­lion pairs of new and gen­tly worn shoes (cur­rently dis­trib­ut­ing one pair every 9 sec­onds). The shoes have been dis­trib­uted in 125 coun­tries, includ­ing Haiti, Kenya, Nepal and the United States. Soles4Souls is a 501©(3) rec­og­nized by the IRS and donat­ing par­ties are eli­gi­ble for tax advantages.

For more infor­ma­tion on how to get involved and donate to the vic­tims in Haiti, visit www.giveshoes.org .

via Fash­ion Shoe Com­pa­nies Donate More Than 70,000 Pairs of Children’s Shoes to Soles4souls® Inc, The Shoe Char­ity for Hait­ian Earth­quake Vic­tims.