How valuable are a pair of shoes? The Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA and Ys across The Triangle are about to show residents in the region. Area Ys partnered with Toms Shoes “One Day Without Shoes” and on Tuesday, April 5, employees at all of the Ys will be coming to work barefoot and Y families and community members will be participating in a one-mile barefoot walk beginning at the Y at 6:30 p.m. The Y is reaching out to the entire to region to participate. Mark Kleinschmidt, Mayor of Chapel Hill, has already committed to walk. Prior to the one-mile journey, the Y is looking for donations of gently used shoes. The goal is to fill a full-size school bus with the shoes. Donated shoes will be given to those in need in the local community and in Ethiopia and Peru. Another way to donate is to purchase a pair of shoes through the Toms website. Discount codes for online purchases are available at the Chapel Hill Branch. For each pair of Toms shoes purchased, they donate a pair to a child in a developing country. The goal for all the Ys in the Triangle is to donate a total of 10,000 pairs of shoes through the collection and purchases.
More information to sign up for the walks, commit to go barefoot on April 5th, find out how to donate, and how to purchase a pair of Toms Shoes, go online to “One Day Without Shoes” raises awareness about the lack of shoes in developing countries and the effects of walking barefoot. In many developing countries, children must walk for miles barefoot to school, clean water, and medical help. Without shoes, hundreds of millions of children are at risk of injury, infection, and soil transmitted diseases that most can’t afford to prevent and treat. The Y’s mission focuses on three areas and tries each day to improve lives through the. One of the areas is Social Responsibility, giving back and providing support to its neighbors.
The Y has been listening and responding to its communities’ most critical social needs for 160 years. Whether developing skills or emotional well-being through education and training, welcoming and connecting diverse demographic populations through global services, or preventing chronic disease and building healthier communities through collaborations with policymakers, the Y fosters the care and respect all people need and deserve. Through the Y, 500,000 volunteers and thousands of donors, leaders and partners across the country are empowering millions of people in the US and around the world to be healthy, confident, connected and secure. All of this making the partnership with Toms a natural fit.
About the Chapel Hill Carrboro Y
The Y is one of the leading nonprofits in Chapel Hill and Orange County, strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Throughout our community, the Y engages over 10,000 men, women and children – regardless of age, income or background – to nurture the potential of children and teens, improve the nation’s health and well-being, and provide opportunities to give back and support neighbors. Anchored by the support of our volunteers, the Y has the long-standing relationships and physical presence not just to promise, but to deliver, lasting personal and social change. Find out more by visiting www.chcymca.org
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