Buy shoes, make a difference

Yesterday at church, this challenge was given:

“This Holiday season, go without your luxuries so that others can have their necessities.”

As the downturn of the economy affects each of us in our own unique ways, one thing that stands true for most of us is that there are luxuries that we still afford because we can. However, this does not apply to everybody.

Soles4Souls just launched a campaign to collect 50,000 shoes in 50 days. For only $5, you can buy two pairs of shoes that will be given to people in Mexico who can’t afford to buy their own. Moreover, if you give during their new campaign, you could be chosen to be one of the people who gets to deliver the shoes. Great stuff.

If you’ve ever been in a third-world country, you fully understand the need for people to have shoes. If you haven’t, just imagine millions (no exaggeration) of people walking on dirt filled with trash, sewer, broken glass, metal and only God knows what else. This need is huge and the Soles4Souls goal is as well.

Please take a moment and consider what luxury you could go without today, for the benefit of those who can’t afford to buy their own shoes.