We processed over 2,000 pairs of shoes at our Shoe Processing event last weekend. The shoes will be given to the homeless and those in need, free of charge, in the greater Los Angeles area! We had students from the UCLA Dental School and representatives from the USC Street Medicine program volunteering. It was great to see them cheering each other on! We had volunteers who have participated regularly for the past 10 years, and we always have new volunteers. We would love t

Help the homeless, one step at a time! We are looking for volunteers to help us process shoes for one hour at our upcoming shoe processing event. It will be held on Sunday, May 15, from 2-3 PM. The location is West LA College (Lot 7). West LA college is located at 9000 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA 90230. Directions: Enter West LA College from Overland Avenue at Freshman Drive. Go a short distance and make a right at the first stop sign, which is Albert Vera Drive. Go pas

Thank you to Business Volunteers Unlimited (BVU) under the leadership of Rob Zaremsky for organizing and running the Cleveland Stand Down on April 23, 2022. Shoes for the Homeless, Inc. participated. Approximately 5,000 pairs of men’s, women’s and children’s shoes were collected and distributed to the homeless and those in need including lots of veterans. This was a terrific collaboration of many faith based organizations, 40 businesses, many non-profits and city governmen

Help the homeless, one step at a time! We are excited to launch Project 65,000 in the greater Los Angeles area. Please join this effort by donating lightly used men's, women's and children's shoes or by helping us process shoes. for more information please contact us at shoesforthehomeless.net/project-65000. If you are a shoe manufacturer or distributor and wish to help, please contact us at 800-394-8286 or at shoesforthehomeless.net/project-65000.. If you are a non-prof

Help the homeless, one step at a time! We are looking for volunteers to help us process shoes for one hour at our upcoming shoe processing event. It will be held on Sunday, April 3, from 2-3 PM. The location is West LA College (Lot 7). West LA college is located at 9000 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA 90230. Directions: Enter West LA College from Overland Avenue at Freshman Drive. Go a short distance and make a right at the first stop sign, which is Albert Vera Drive. Go pa

Son and Daughter wearing their new shoes on left. On right, Mom has the new shoes next to her. A family of 3 were in desperate need of shoes. For many months they have been wearing only flip flop slip-on type shoes. One big challenge for them was that the son wore size 16 shoes and it was very hard to find. Having inadequate shoes has caused them shame, embarrassment, physical pain, and exposure to the environment. The shoes we provided were a perfect fit. The joy on the

NEW SHOES (above) A chronically homeless gentleman has been without shoes for years. Wearing torn socks and a plastic bag to cover his feet, he developed a several foot problems. A big challenge for us was finding a pair of shoes that fit. We looked very hard for the terrific pair of shoes. Amongst all our shoes, we found an nearly new pair of size 22 shoes. They were a perfect fit. This gentlemen told us that for the first time in ages, his feet felt great. Just helpi

After two years of not being able to get together, it was so nice to see our volunteers on Sunday at our shoe processing event! Shoe processing is an integral part of the process of distributing shoes. We take the shoes out of bags and boxes received from donors, check them for quality, match them in pairs, tie the shoe laces or put a rubber band around them, put them in categories and finally place them into bags of 10 pairs. We then distribute the bags of shoes to recipi

Help the homeless, one step at a time! We are looking for volunteers to help us process shoes for one hour at our upcoming shoe processing event. It will be held on Sunday, February 27, from 2-3 PM. The location is West LA College (Lot 7). West LA college is located at 9000 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA 90230. Directions: Enter West LA College from Overland Avenue at Freshman Drive. Go a short distance and make a right at the first stop sign, which is Albert Vera Drive. G

Nathan is a homeless gentleman in his late forties who greatly needed a good pair of shoes. Homeless for three years, he has been living in a tent in Santa Monica, California for the past two years. Obtaining a pair of shoes was one of his greatest needs. He has been searching for shoes for two years! Wearing shoes that were falling apart caused Nathan knee pain, foot pain and painful corns. This limited his ability to walk. When Nathan reached out to us saying he wore a s