Saturday, December 8, 2012
Proceeds from sale of shoes gathered by the John Cary Early Childhood Center will fund water wells in Africa.
Students at the John Cary Early Childhood Center collected hundreds and hundreds of pairs of shoes as a way to improve the living conditions of people in South America and Africa. The shoe donations were done to support the Shoeman Water Projects, which is located in Fenton. George Hutchings is ‘The Shoeman’ and has created a way to help impoverished people in several continents. The Shoeman Water Projects ships donated shoes to South American countries where they are sold to needy families for pennies on the dollar. The shoes collected by students at John Cary will be sent to Bolivia. Money from the sale of all shoes collected by the Shoeman Water Projects is used to drill water wells in African villages. 24 huge bags were filled with …
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Shoeman Water Projects and Kingdom Seed Outreach embark on a massive drive June 14-16 to collect new or gently worn shoes as a way to provide water for those who thirst.
George "The Shoeman" Hutchings is teaming up with Kingdom Seeds Outreach, of Fenton, and local Walmart stores across the area on a massive drive to collect shoes and turn them into clean drinking water. The shoes will get a second life as affordable shoes in developing countries, and their sale will fund drills or water filtration systems that can access fresh water. The organizers are accepting new or gently used shoes. They need to be tied or bagged together. Every donation will go to the purchase of needed equipment. The goal is to collect 250,000 shoes at the three-day event, June 14-16. There are 25 participating Walmart stores in the St. Louis region accepting donations from 7 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Participating stores include those in …
Friday, July 1, 2011
The local camp will give away cookies and lemonade today in return for pairs of shoes donated for impoverished countries.
Cookies and lemonade seem like a fair trade-off for your shoes today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the covered drive entrance of St. Paul United Church of Christ on Telegraph. The Treehouse Summer School Camp at the church is hosting a shoe drive to benefit Shoeman Water Projects. The not-for-profit organization turns donated shoes into affordable shoes for those in need, and also buys clean water-drilling rigs for impoverished countries. “There are so many places we’ve identified in Kenya, Haiti and other places that need our help,” said George "The Shoeman" Hutchings, the founder of Shoeman Water Projects, in a statement. Treehouse’s goal is to collect 2,011 pairs of shoes by 4 p.m., and in return, patrons will receive cookies and lemonade (…
