The Spirit that Sustained Us Through it All
From the blog of our president and CEO, Buddy Teaster
I write a year-end reflection every December and it’s always bittersweet.
Bitter...
A Tale of Two Trains
From the blog of our president and CEO, Buddy Teaster
Many of us know the opening lines of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of...
This Thanksgiving Season, a Group of Children Help Us Redefine Gratitude
“None is more impoverished than the one who has no gratitude.” Fred D. Van Amburgh
Soles4Souls works in some of the world’s...
Vanderbilt Women’s Basketball Player Shares a Life-Changing Experience
From the account of Myka Dancy, Vanderbilt’s Women’s Basketball player on her journey with Soles4Souls to...
Tennessee Woman Breaks Soles4Souls Record-Collects 1 Million Pounds of Shoes and Clothing
What started out as a challenge, turned into a passion.
Four years ago, Tracy Swack of Cookeville, TN. received news that...
Tigers Take on Poverty in Haiti
Tampa Bay. January. Deshaun Watson looks up at the clock. Six seconds left. He throws the ball into the end zone.
The...
S4S’ President and CEO Visits Malawi
From the blog of our president and CEO, Buddy Teaster
The flight from Sierra Leone to Malawi is a long one…about 22 hours...
S4S President and CEO’s Adventures in Sierra Leone
From the blog of our president and CEO, Buddy Teaster
The trip had a less than ideal beginning. Our flight left at 1:05a...
How Our Disaster Relief Policy Has Changed and Why
It’s hard to feel optimistic. The true devastation of Harvey and Irma, which at $200 billion combined still doesn’t count...
Changing Your Life While Changing Theirs
From the account of Soles4Souls traveler, Briana Marie. She is a lifestyle commercial and event photographer based in...
Get a Behind-the-Scences Look at Brands Who Have Traveled with Soles4Souls
Our brand partners help Soles4Souls Wear Out Poverty every day, but joining us on an international distribution trip to...
Ashlyn and Gage Shoot for 25k Pairs of Shoes a Second Time!
As 6th graders, Ashlyn Donohew and Gage Cobb successfully collected 25,000 pairs of shoes in less than four months for...
New Shoes Help People Move Forward
A few months ago, we told you about our team’s trip to La Milpa. This squatter community on the outskirts of Costa Rica’s...
Madison Meeker Collects More Than 25k Pairs of Shoes and Heads to Haiti
18-year-old Madison Meeker started a shoe drive two years ago with a big goal in mind. She and her family set out to collect...
Through His Eyes: My First Trip Outside the United States
In mid-December, I was to go out of the country for my first trip outside the Continental U. S. aside from a brief jaunt...
