5 Keys to a Successful Shoe Fundraising Drive

Shoe drive fundraising events are a fast, easy and innovative way to raise money for your organization and make a greater impact than you thought possible. Typically your nonprofit partners with a shoe fundraising entity, which pays your organization cash for the shoes collected.

Did you know that in the United States there are approximately 600 million shoes that are thrown away each year? These discarded items end up in landfills, which produce toxins as the chemicals in the shoes begin to decompose. Because of the dozens of parts in a shoe or sneaker, it can take up to a lifetime for a single shoe to disintegrate.