Shoes for Orphan Souls, a ministry of Buckner International, has distributed more than 1.8 million pairs of new shoes to at-risk children in the United States and to orphans in 68 countries around the world. While our program has made a difference in many lives, there are still millions of children we can reach – all through a pair of shoes. We are seeking donations of new shoes, socks and shoelaces from individuals, corporations, churches and civic groups. Shoesfororphansouls.com
Soles4Souls facilitates the donations of
shoes, which are used to aid the hurting worldwide. Shoe companies, retailers, and individuals can donate footwear (both new and used). Since 2005, Soles4Souls has given away over 14 million pairs of new and gently worn shoes (currently donating one pair every 7 seconds.) The shoes have been distributed to people in over 127 countries, including Kenya, Thailand, Nepal and the United States. Anyone can join their cause, and they need your help.
Are you looking for ways to give back to your community? All for Good is open source application that allows you to find and share volunteer activities. All for Good lets you browse activities and find events based on your location or interests. You can even sign in with your primary social network to connect with friends, and discover and share interesting activities.
We need to create an army of supporters who are committed to stamping out hunger once and for all. Our nation has the food and programs in place to end childhood hunger, but consider what we are up against: The stigmas and embarrassment that surround hunger, the challenges presented by access to healthy food, and the struggle to connect children with the resources they need to thrive. Take a minute to learn more at nokidhungry.org
Crowdrise is about volu
nteering, raising money for charity and having the most fun in the world while doing it. How does Crowdrise work? Well that is the easy and fun part: Sign up for a profile, Start a fundraiser, Ask for Donations (through social media), Have Fun!
When disaster strikes around the world, Save the Children is there to save lives with food, medical care and education and remains to help communities rebuild through long-term recovery programs. As quickly and as effectively as Save the Children responds to tsunamis and civil conflict, it works to resolve the ongoing struggles children face every day — poverty, hunger, illiteracy and disease — and replaces them with hope for the future.
Operation Christmas Child is the ministry of Samaritan’s Purse (Franklin Graham, President). Your church group can fill shoe boxes with gifts that send hope and much-needed items to children in designated places (it varies each year), along with a personal note about the Gospel message of Jesus Christ. This is a hands-on project, for which your church or group will be collecting anything from toys to hygiene items.
This Christmas, 1.7 million children will have a parent in prison. Angel Tree, a program of Prison Fellowship, seeks to reconcile prisoners and their families to God and to each other. Through partnerships with churches across the nation, they connect parents in prison with their children through the delivery of Christmas gifts. The kids receive a message of love from their parents along with the Gospel message of the true meaning of Christmas—Jesus Christ!
Founded in 1909, The Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries has embarked upon its 103rd year of continued service providing food, shelter and services to intervene where homelessness and drug addiction occur. DRMM is a faith-based, non-profit organization, recognized by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and has devoted a wealth of resources to meet the basic needs of humanity while motivating individuals to rebuild their lives, one life at a time. The Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries is one of the largest providers in the fight against homelessness and substance abuse in the country.
YouthWorks focuses on ministry. Although they use work projects as a way to see the love of Christ, it is not an end all. They do not call their trips “work camps” or spotlight a repaired house, instead the “works” in their name are about what God will do in our lives if we allow it. They desire to be Christ centered in everything that they do.
