Businesses and residents in White Plains donated 10,000 pairs of shoes to the city’s second annual Soles for Souls Earth Day shoe collection drive, more than doubling last year’s collection, according to City Hall spokeswoman Karen Pasquale.
The senior adviser to White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach said corporations, hospitals, schools, religious organizations and neighborhood associations participated in the April drive. Nine West Footwear, headquartered in White Plains, donated 1,134 pairs of new shoes. BooRoo Shoes donated hundreds of pairs of new boots. Staff from The North Face Inc. for the second year sorted and paired donations at the city”™s Ebersole Ice Rink with youth volunteers.
The city donated the shoes to Soles4Souls, an international charitable nonprofit based in Nashville, Tenn., that distributes shoes and clothes in impoverished communities and disaster-stricken areas.
