Soft Moc National Shoe Drive: Help Survivors of the Haitian Earthquake Disaster!

Hey everyone. I wasn't sure where to post this, but I know the deals section gets a lot of views and I know how generous all of us are on Smart Canucks. I just received this in my inbox and its a great way to help out the surivors of the earthquake in Haiti.

It's really easy. All you need to do is bring in your old shoes to any Soft Moc store across Canada between January 15-22. They will donate the shoes to help the survivors in Haiti.

I know personally that I have TONS of shoes, old and new. I did have a bunch for sale on Kijiji for $5-$50 but I have taken all the ads down and I am going to personally donate them.

I personally challenge each and every member of Smart Canucks that has a Soft Moc store near them to donate at least 1 pair of shoes. Everyone has to have an old pair of shoes that are no longer wearing. Just drop them off at your local shopping mall while you are running your usually errands. Take a picture and share it on this thread of your donation. Give a little, get a lot.

I know it's hard for everyone to donate money, but this is a really easy way to donate and help. Most of us have old pairs of shoes just collecting dust in our closets! Or, the shoes your kids may have outgrown.

Seventy percent of Haiti's population lives on less than $2 a day and half the 8.5 million population is unemployed.

There are more than 80 store across Canada! Find a Soft Moc Location Near You! http://www.softmoc.com/ca/locations.asp?WT.mc_id=876

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MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE'S LIFE

this is great! I will be heading there this weekend I have at least 3 pairs I don't need that are almost brand new! Thanks for posting

I am wondering if anyone knows anywhere in the London, Ontario area that might be taking clothing donations as well?

what a great idea! I have to go through my closet and I am sure I can find some.

What a great cause .. this is awesome

Great idea...I just cleaned out the basement and I have a tonne of donations!! Thanks for the info!

Woke up to this email today from SoftMoc, and was very impressed. Hopefully other companies will step forward and do the same for food, clothing, and other much needed essentials!!

WOw..this is awesome..I just cleaned out my son's closet and he has lots of shoes, boots, sandals that no longer fit him....I'm sure the kids can use them!!!

Excelent post thank U !!! feels good to help !!!

UPS is shipping anything under 50lbs for free to Haiti. You can send food clothes or shoes...and American Airlines is taking doctors and nurses to Haiti for free. Please call 212-697-9767. Spread the word...Red Cross needs Creole speaking volunteers for a 24hr phone bank. Call Mr. ......Wil...frid @ 305-776-6900

My friend just post this on Facebook I wonder if the UPS applies to canada too?

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This is a wonderful thing! I will collect what I have, and what my son has as well. I'll even buy some cheap shoes to send, it's horrible what has happened!

If anyone finds out about UPS shipping for free, I'm so in!

Thanks Meg, I posted this on my facebook page, and will be seeing if my sons preschool would participate next week....
Great challenge, and I will be cleaning out my closet this weekend of mine and my sons baby shoes that i was saving for his future (way in the future) brother/sister.

Definitely a challenge everyone can take part in!

Thanks for the post! My mom and I just gathered 10 pairs or so to bring to the store this weekend and I will tell my sister about it too!

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Originally Posted by Jopava

UPS is shipping anything under 50lbs for free to Haiti. You can send food clothes or shoes...and American Airlines is taking doctors and nurses to Haiti for free. Please call 212-697-9767. Spread the word...Red Cross needs Creole speaking volunteers for a 24hr phone bank. Call Mr. ......Wil...frid @ 305-776-6900

My friend just post this on Facebook I wonder if the UPS applies to canada too?

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Unfortunately this is not true. It is a twitter rumor. You can google it and find vatious websites verifying it is a rumor. They are apparently donating 1 million in relief aid though.

This soft moc thing is great, I just put a post up on my fb status letting anyone I know that if they cant make it there let me know and I will pick up their donation when I go in. Thanks for the post OP.

If there was any kind of relief effort where you could donate goods, I would be willing to donate coupons to anyone who can stack them to be a part of sending something (and contribute to shipping costs of course)

What perfect timing. We just cleaned out our shoe closet and was wondering what I was gonna do with the bags of shoes we packed up.

Thank you so much for sharing this! I'm going to collect shoes and take them in this weekend! It feels so good to be able to help since I'm not in the position to assist financially right now.

I am sure we have some here that were destined for the thrift store but this is way better cause! Thanks soooooooooo much for posting this! I should post this other places too!

I also posted it on my Facebook. It`s a great way to start early Spring cleaning, and a great way to say that you helped. The economy is still tough and not everyone has the means to donate money. Plus, shoes really go overlooked.

Thanks to everyone in advance who is helping!

Thanks.

I was just about to clear out the shoes closet and I'm sure I've got about 10 to 15 prs of shoes to giveaway. Also, don't forget that eventhough Haiti is warm and dry country, don't forget there are hurricanes there, so waterproof boots are ideal as well.

Hi All,

EXCELLENT post!! I had looked before for an official softmoc event page on facebook, but couldn't find one.

Event pages are good because eventually more friends of friends (of friends) will see someone is 'attending' the event and then it catches on from there (as opposed to it just being in your profile alone).

I created an event in Facebook to help spread the word. It's called

"Help Those in Haiti! SHOES FOR HAITI" :top:


Anyone interested in joining the event to spread the word, please PM me with your email address so I can invite you through the facebook page.

It seems to only let me invite people NOT in my friends list by sending the invite to their email address directly.

Thanks for posting. Excellent idea!

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Originally Posted by StephanieC

Hi All,

EXCELLENT post!! I had looked before for an official softmoc event page on facebook, but couldn't find one.

Event pages are good because eventually more friends of friends (of friends) will see someone is 'attending' the event and then it catches on from there (as opposed to it just being in your profile alone).

:top:


Anyone interested in joining the event to spread the word, please PM me with your email address so I can invite you through the facebook page.

It seems to only let me invite people NOT in my friends list by sending the invite to their email address directly.

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Not sure what I am doing wrong, but even with editing this board won't let me include the name of the FB group. I must be breaking etiquette of some sort??

Anyway, PM me to get invited, and then you can invite all your own friends from there. I am not spamming, just trying to help out a very good cause.

This is brilliant! I have a load of shoes that I could pass along for the relief efforts. Thanks for the post!

StephanieC what is the event called- you have to make the event public and allow anyone to join. I have tried searching Soft Moc, Donate Shoes, etc. and nothing is coming up. Invite me to it please: meguwo[at]hotmailDOT[com] or you can sed me an invite- my name is Megan Hickman and my facebook pic is the Soft Moc one.

You can make me an admin and I will be able to change some of the settings so anyone can join by clicking a link.

Thanks in advance.

Hope this works:

Join the FACEBOOK group and invite at least 25 friends!!!!!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?ei...472609&index=1

Thanks StephanieC!

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Hope this works:

Join the FACEBOOK group and invite at least 25 friends!!!!!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?ei...472609&index=1

Thanks StephanieC!

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Yayyy! It works. I'm not too fluent with fb!

Thanks Megan!

great idea, I posted the FB page on my profile.

Thank you. I believe I have a pair that I want to donate and that's SoftMoc store of walking distance. Thanks again!!