 Just after the earthquake, students at Westwood began asking not if they were going to help, but "What are we going to do to help?" Their search for ways to join the relief efforts stopped when they learned about Soles4Souls, a non-profit organization whose mission is Changing The World, One Pair at a Time.
The win-win partnership between the school sector and the business world worked out beautifully, one step at a time.
Westwood would advertise for surplus footwear, put out collection boxes, then sort and box the donations by size; the Flip Flop Shop would take care of the picking them up and shipping them off.
The real winners will be the 600-plus Haitians whose hearts might start to heal a bit when they slip on a pair of Friendswood soles.
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