Collecting Shoes for Charity

06/29/2023

Bring a friend July 20, 2023 at the Sterling Heights Library from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Help us make blankets for those fury friends that are waiting to be adopted.

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11/26/2020

Thank you to the community for shedding your shoes for our Kids At Play Project-Michigan Shoe Drive Fun-raiser. The total count is not in yet, however we went past our goal of 3,000 pairs of shoes. We thank all the businesses that helped as collection points. Shelby Township Parks & Recreation Shelby Township News Macomb County Michigan Resident’s Group

10/19/2020

Thank you Nitsches Meats & Deli and their customers for your weekly donation of shoes. Nitsches is located at 52175 VanDyke and is one of our drop off locations in Shelby Township.

Did you know the average American owns 15 pairs of shoes? Shoes Saves Lives. Help Kids At Play with their Shoe Drive Fun-Raiser and donate some of the shoes you have in your closet. Your donation will clean your closet, save our environment without sending the shoes to the trash, shoes are sent to 25 developing countries where a child must have a pair of shoes to go to school, micro-enterprises are established to refurbish and sell shoes on their streets, entrepreneurs are able to feed their families, and Kids At Play receives $$ per pound of shoes which will help us buy outside musical instruments to be installed in 2021 at River Bends Park. We have 2 weeks to reach our goal of 3,000 pairs of shoes! We are half way there! This is a WIN WIN WIN WIN for everyone! Shelby, Utica, Sterling Business Owners Macomb County Michigan Resident’s Group Macomb Now Magazine River Bends Park Shelby Township Parks & Recreation Uticaschools Patch

10/04/2020

Gather your shoes that are gathering in your closet or a box. Drop off locations: Rule 62, Utica Florist, William Sullivan Funeral and Ria's Touch. We are looking for additional locations around Macomb and Oakland County. Fall Shoe Drive Challenge ends on Halloween. Our goal is 3,000 pairs of shoes. Dakota High School Key Club is also helping with a collection. Thank you for everyones help in supporting our phase 2 build of outside musical instruments at River Bends Park's all-inclusive playground so all children of all abilities are able to play together.

09/22/2020

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09/18/2020

Kiwanis Club of Utica-Shelby Township will be collecting pairs of Shoes as a fun-raiser for Kids At Play Project-Michigan to bring Rhapsody Outside Music instruments to River Bends Park. "MUSIC is our universal language of the SOUL!" Gather up all your SOLEs and bring them to the FALL Craft/Vendor Market on Saturday, September 26th. Also remember to vote every day at http://bit.ly/VOTEKidsAtPlay to bring $25,000 of playground equipment to the all-inclusive playground at River Bends Park. Thank you for your support Shelby Township Parks & Recreation Shelby Township - Share the News Shelby-Utica Patch Shelby-Utica News

Music is a form of communication that touches the hearts of everyone. When words are not enough, music helps an individual communicate emotions. In 2020, our world has been turned upside down and our mental health has been affected by stress, anxiety and/or depression. Our Kids At Play Project focus...

02/26/2019

As we were reviewing our Shoe Drive for 2018 in Macomb County we were amazed to realize we had such an impact on our community. Linda-Ann is known by Kiwanis as the “Shoe Lady” and has been collecting gently used and new shoes for the last three years. In 2018 we collected over 10,000 pairs of shoes.. A portion of the monies from the Shoe Drives were donated to the Michigan District of Kiwanis for the Eliminate Project and to the Whispering Woods Kids At Play Project. Thank you to all the individuals, organizations, and businesses for your part in making our Shoe Drive successful.