Shoe Drop Collection
Follow the team of volunteers as they hand out new and used shoes to orphanages in Mexico.
(January 27, 2009)-On Thursday January 29th Spanish for Medical/Spanish for Success and volunteers are on a mission to donate collected new and used shoes. The project started about a month ago, when an idea came to action. Headed by Russo Mutuc, Kisha Malika Lawson, Jill Hudspeth, and Josie Hudspeth the team was able to help spread the word that a project was in the works to help the kids in Mexico. Within a week, shoes from different parts of Southern California started walking in. Church members, companies, and many random people have come together for a cause and had donated about more than 300 + shoes. New shoes have also come as far as Delaware brought in on a flight from Philadelphia to Los Angeles. The story kept on growing as others opened up their humanitarian efforts to help the unfortunate ones. The biggest challenge for the used shoes collected was physically collecting mass amounts and cleaning them up, along with sorting. Plus they were coming from different locations, and the shoes have traveled the distance from Tehachapi, Santa Clarita, Lake Hughes, San Diego, and Los Angeles. Finally they will be in route to Mexico at the orphanages.
This team effort has grown drastically within a three week time frame. Different companies, and volunteers has made this happen. Spanish for Medical/Spanish for Success, Canyon Creek Sports Camp, Divine by Design Angelique M Ehat Higher, Vision Church in Castaic, Country Wide Secondary Marketing Department, St. Judes Travel Department (Danna Lyons), San Diego Mesa College Women’s basketball team (Shannon Schiele, and Sally Davis)
After this first Shoe Drop project, the team looks to expand its operation to El Salvador and Guatemala. If you’re interested in donating or volunteering for future projects, contact
Russo Mutuc @
323-472-4487 | info@spanishformedical.com | www.spanishformedical.com
