Cheryl Brockmann of Changing Footprints of Northern Indiana has announced that their non-profit organization collected 35,424 pairs of shoes for the poor and homeless in 2023. Working with several social service agencies, they distributed 30,203 pairs. No one was ever charged money to receive these shoes. Each pair of donated shoes helped one person have…
Recently, Cheryl and Jim Brockmann spoke about the Changing Footprints program. The project began in Indianapolis, in 2005, when co-founders Maureen Leisure and Bob Broughton learned there was a great need for children’s shoes in Afghanistan. They gathered some friends and created an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that collects unwanted shoes and distributes them for free…
The Heritage Lion are collecting eyeglasses, cell phones, hearing aids and batteries. We have also begun collecting shoes for an Indianapolis-based program called Changing Footprints. We will accept any type or condition of shoe. Even the most worn-out shoes, or even a single shoe, is welcome. Nike pays the shipping costs for all unusable shoes.…
