Shoe Away Hunger
Shoe Away Hunger offers affordable quality footwear for those in need.
It also helps us to raise the important dollars for our food programs that annually bring groceries to more than 150,000 local neighbors in need. This amazing program is generously sponsored by our dear friends at Schuler Shoes. Shoe Away Hunger offers a simple and meaningful way for you and your team to partner with us as we work together to eliminate local hunger “one sole at a time”.
How It Works
A single pair of new or gently used shoes for someone in need can have a big impact. By donating a pair of new or gently used shoes or winter boots, you help our neighbors in need. All of our shoes are given away for a small suggested donation or for whatever someone can afford, with the proceeds used to buy groceries to support our Food Programs. With this in mind, we encourage you to CLEAN OUT YOUR CLOSE FOR A CAUSE and help us impact those in need of affordable shoes, and help us eliminate hunger too. It’s a great way to have a 2-for-1 impact, shoes for FEET and shoes for FOOD.
Host a Shoe Drive
If SHOE AWAY HUNGER resonates well with your interest and vision for making a difference, perhaps you might consider having an even BIGGER IMPACT by hosting a shoe or boot drive in your community, church, school, or workplace. It’s easy to do, and it’s another way you can make a HUGE DIFFERENCE for so many in need of shoes, boots, and food.
CONTACT us at admin@goodinthehood.org; call 612-440-7463 (shoe); or fill out this form. One of our valued team members will gladly provide you with all the logistical details you need and offer excellent advice for helping to make your shoe drive a successful event.
COMMUNICATE to your team, plan for the date, and PROMOTE it to everyone. Let them know the amazing impact a pair of shoes can have on someone in need of affordable footwear and how this ultimately impacts the hungry members of our local community.
COLLECT only NEW and GENTLY USED shoes and winter boots. Band or tie them together, coordinate a drop time with Jamie, and then drop them off at our warehouse.
CELEBRATE with your team, knowing that every pair of shoes collected will provide affordable footwear for someone in need AND enable us to provide up to 7 days of groceries at one of our food shelf host sites for another person suffering from food insecurity.
Clean Out Your Closet For A Cause
Simply collect your new or gently used footwear, including sneakers, casual shoes, winter boots, sandals, and heels.
Encourage your friends, relatives, and neighbors to do the same.
Tie or band them together to avoid “shoe orphans”.
Please place them in a plastic bag to keep them dry.
Your shoes can be dropped off at any Schuler Shoe Store (up to 50 pairs at one time). Or you can drop shoes at our Shoe Away Hunger warehouse 15400 28th Ave N., Mpls., MN. 55447 by appointment. We always love to meet our donors! 612-440-7463 (SHOE).
We’re grateful for our wonderful sponsors at Schuler Shoes whose generosity helps us bring dignity and comfort to the feet of our beloved neighbors. Through their strong support Schuler Shoes makes it easy for our community to step up and make a difference. Their commitment ensures that children, adults, and families have the affordable and quality footwear they need and deserve.
Our Shoe Away Hunger Events
Become a Sponsor
Finally, another important way you, your church, or place of business can have a significant impact is to sponsor a shoe bus event. For only $275, you can cover the cost of our operations for an entire event that supports up to 100 households. Every pair of shoes we distribute helps another person to have happier feet and enables us to continue buying groceries for the hungry. Happy FEET + FOOD for the hungry = SHOE AWAY HUNGER.
