Sole Savers...
Is it just me or is everyone constantly surprised at how little it takes to make a difference?
We’ve been talking for a while about Sole Savers, Dr Robi Sondereggers quest to gather 50 thousand pairs of shoes from the Sunshine Coast to donate to children of war in Northern Uganda.
The United Nations describes Northern Uganda as the most dangerous place in the world for a child to live. Kofi Annan says what’s going on there is the world’s worst unattended emergency.
This week, work places across the Sunshine Coast have got involved, with employees donating a pair of shoes and ten dollars for the kids.
But we’re still thousands short of 50 thousand…we’re not even close unfortunately..
However…there are some great stories coming through…
Dr Robi told me yesterday about a woman called Averil Wilcox, the mother of a student at the Sunshine Coast Grammar School. When Averil heard about Sole Savers she wanted to get involved, so she did the only thing she could think of, she walked into her local shoe shop …creatively titled The Cooroy Shoe Shop to see whether they had anything to donate. Apparently without blinking an eye, the new owner (the store has just recently changed hands), handed Averil more than 600 brand new pairs of shoes…valued at more than $7000.
Robi said Averil’s living room is now piled to the ceiling with hundreds of small blessings to help the children of war walk tall.
Isn’t that incredible? It only takes one person to make a huge difference
Remember…if you’d like to help Robi help these kids…you can donate a pair of shoes and ten dollars to any first national real estate office on the sunshine coast…to any network communications store or family challenge in Mountain Creek…
To find out more, try www.thefrontline.org.au
We’ve been talking for a while about Sole Savers, Dr Robi Sondereggers quest to gather 50 thousand pairs of shoes from the Sunshine Coast to donate to children of war in Northern Uganda.
The United Nations describes Northern Uganda as the most dangerous place in the world for a child to live. Kofi Annan says what’s going on there is the world’s worst unattended emergency.
This week, work places across the Sunshine Coast have got involved, with employees donating a pair of shoes and ten dollars for the kids.
But we’re still thousands short of 50 thousand…we’re not even close unfortunately..
However…there are some great stories coming through…
Dr Robi told me yesterday about a woman called Averil Wilcox, the mother of a student at the Sunshine Coast Grammar School. When Averil heard about Sole Savers she wanted to get involved, so she did the only thing she could think of, she walked into her local shoe shop …creatively titled The Cooroy Shoe Shop to see whether they had anything to donate. Apparently without blinking an eye, the new owner (the store has just recently changed hands), handed Averil more than 600 brand new pairs of shoes…valued at more than $7000.
Robi said Averil’s living room is now piled to the ceiling with hundreds of small blessings to help the children of war walk tall.
Isn’t that incredible? It only takes one person to make a huge difference
Remember…if you’d like to help Robi help these kids…you can donate a pair of shoes and ten dollars to any first national real estate office on the sunshine coast…to any network communications store or family challenge in Mountain Creek…
To find out more, try www.thefrontline.org.au
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