Barefoot Kids Foundation provides New Footwear for Children that are underprivileged, distressed or live below the poverty level in the U.S.
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Barefoot Kids Program
Our National Distribution Network operates in 12 States in 27 Cities with 31 Distribution partners that is comprised of established Child Charity Service Organizations such as Boys & Girls Clubs and Big Brothers & Big Sisters, Salvation Army, Schools and Licensed State Agency's currently helping Children with their daily lives.
Trained professionals supervise the determination and distribution of new footwear, and follow-up with the Kids as their feet grow.
Our goals are to reach millions of Children in all areas of our country.
Our values system maintains the highest level of respect for the recipient and their family with compassion and fairness.
Kids benefit by growing up with proper footwear and avoiding the problems associated with peer pressure and uncomfortable footwear.
Our program also provides the Kids and their families an opportunity to experience shopping for footwear in stores. This instills a sense of pride of ownership in purchasing their own new footwear.
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Barefoot Kids Sports
We have teamed up with NIKE Inc. to provide athletic shoes for Kids in need that are registered in after-school athletic programs.
Boys & Girls Club of San Diego received NIKE basketball, soccer and running shoes.
Sherman & Kathryn Hill Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster, PA. received NIKE basketball and running shoes.
Jack Walker Panthers Team at Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster received Nike basketball shoes.
We inspire Kids in need to participate in organized sports programs and provide the key component (Athletic Footwear) to keep them involved and off the streets.
Official Print Sponsor
100 Kids receive new custom printed sneakers in 14 Cities in 6 states in September 2010.
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Boys and Girls Clubs, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Salvation Army and other primary Childcare Institutions sign-up as distribution partners to provide either NEW Shoes donated or provide our $25 Payless Shopping Cards to enrolled Kids in need of new footwear.
The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) reports that 17% or 14 Million children live in poor families. New footwear is often not on the list after bills, food and medical care are paid. Please help those kids in need.
Distribution and collection of donations is centralized and based in Carlsbad, California. This provides the ability to monitor and track use of each of our NEW Shoe donations or the $25. Payless ShoeSource Footwear Shopping Cards.
Donors have the option to direct their donations to specific communities or leave it to us to fairly distribute the $25. Shopping Cards throughout our National Distribution Network.
Distribution Partners provide us with specific requests that are based on actual numbers of registered Children in need.
We ship the NEW Shoes or Footwear Shopping Cards after confirmation of each request. Our tracking program confirms the use of each Shopping Card and provides feedback to our Distribution Partners for their records.
Our two-way reporting system creates a flow of information to and from our Distribution Partners and is used to determine the effectiveness of our program.
Here is what or Distribution Partners are saying:
Sharon M. Lawrence is president/CEO of Voices for Children, which provides foster children with volunteer court-appointed special advocates, or CASAs. They received $1,300 in shoe donations from the foundation.“Our CASAs often will take their case children shopping with gift cards donated by the community,” Lawrence said. “In this case, they were able to purchase many pairs of much-needed shoes for children — for sports, for back-to-school, or just to have a new pair of shoes that fit and aren’t hand-me-downs!”
Donna Greenbush is marketing manager of Casa de Amparo, which provides shelter and support for children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect.
“At the shelter, many ‘Casa Kids’ arrive with few belongings, especially in emergency situations, and the shoes they have may be old or worn out hand-me-downs,” she said. “The gift cards help Casa de Amparo staff get new shoes for the children quickly and the kids have the fun of picking out shoes they like and that fit well. New shoes are not only a practical necessity, they are a much-needed morale booster at a tough time in a child’s life.”
Michelle Malin is vice president of operations with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego in Escondido.
“We often see children who are wearing old and worn shoes,” she explained. “Sometimes their feet are crammed into shoes that are too small. Sometimes their toes are hanging through holes. Through the generosity of the Barefoot Kids Foundation we have been able to provide gift cards for new shoes to the families who are in the most need. It is great to see the big smiles on the children when they come back to the Club and show off their new shoes.”
Source: Coast News April 2011
2010 HOLIDAY ANNOUNCEMENT
Payless Gives Shoes 4 Kids Holiday Giving Program has selected Barefoot Kids Foundation as a 'Official Partner' this year.
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Hitachi Data Systems of San Diego has coordinated a donation with Hitachi Foundation to provide 100 Kids in Need, New proper fitting shoes.
February No Fear Shoe Drive Click Here!
Carlsbad Street Fair booth
Lindsay White's CD Release/Halloween Bash in San Diego to benefit Barefoot Kids Shoe Drive. (Click Here for more info)
Holiday Donation Event Success
Modell's Sporting Goods hosted a Fundraiser Event at all 150 Stores. All donations helped local Kids in need obtain new footwear.
May 2008 News
You can help us today by making a donation on our donation page or buying a product or service from one of our online retail supporters. There is music downloads, computer supplies, shopping and more....
Each donation of $25. will result in the ability of a Kid, without proper fitting footwear, to go to a local Payless shoe store and buy new shoes.
You can also help by sharing this website with your friends or posting our link on your website (www.barefootkids.org) or sharing this great program on your blog.
Passing it forward makes you a volunteer and you can do it just by sharing our cause with others.
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