United Way of Southern West Virginia Equal Footing Shoe Fund: Program
OUR GOAL: We will break down learning barriers to give every child an equal chance in the classroom and in life.
OUR STRATEGY: We will provide children in Fayette, Raleigh, Nicholas, Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer and Summers Counties and the Town of Bluefield, VA who are in need of shoes with new, athletic style shoes. A child with shoes that do not fit, have holes, or are weather inappropriate faces many challenges, including stigmatization by their peers, inability to participate in physical activity such as P.E., and safety concerns. We hope that by providing children with a pair of new, athletic style shoes they are better able to concentrate on things children should be thinking about: school, friends, and fun.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE: Children ages 1-18 who are residents of our 7 county service region are eligible to be recipients of shoes through this program. Adults are not eligible to receive shoes for children; the shoes must be given directly to the child themselves.
OUR GOAL: We will break down learning barriers to give every child an equal chance in the classroom and in life.
OUR STRATEGY: We will provide children in Fayette, Raleigh, Nicholas, Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer and Summers Counties and the Town of Bluefield, VA who are in need of shoes with new, athletic style shoes. A child with shoes that do not fit, have holes, or are weather inappropriate faces many challenges, including stigmatization by their peers, inability to participate in physical activity such as P.E., and safety concerns. We hope that by providing children with a pair of new, athletic style shoes they are better able to concentrate on things children should be thinking about: school, friends, and fun.