We want your gently worn sneakers! Please bring them to District Conference. The rule of thumb is, if you would donate them to a thrift store, we will accept them.?Once we receive the sneakers, we work with the Recycle Sneaker Project and the sneakers are sold to microbusinesses around the world at low cost. This helps boost economies and provides sneakers to those who are in need of footwear. In turn, this prevents the spread of soil transmitted diseases.  Sneakers which can’t be sold are chopped up and recycled into playground material.  Last year we kept over 1,000 lbs of sneakers out of the landfill and raised over $500 for our local club.
Organized by 16 Squares, a satellite club of Blacksburg Rotary
 

Our club members are pictured alongside the cargo trailer we purchased with the help of a matching grant from the District. This past Fall we donated a cargo trailer to Rocky Fork State Park, which is located outside Erwin, TN. Rocky Fork was one of the first state parks in Tennessee to have an all-terrain wheelchair available for people with disabilities, to traverse the parks' trails. The Rangers needed a way to transport the wheelchair from the Ranger station to the parking lot for use. With the donation of the cargo trailer the Rangers now leave the trailer in the parking lot all the time. As you can see from the graphics our club's name is on three sides and is viewed by anyone who comes into the parking lot.



Club members are seen holding $200 gift cards for Walmart. One of our members owned two businesses which were totally destroyed by Hurricane Helene this past Fall. There were 64 employees who were affected by this devastation. Our club donated $6,400 and we were able to receive a matching grant from our local United Way for a total of $12,800 for these gifts. Our club is continuing to help those families who have been displaced with funds which were generously given to our club by Montgomery/Rocky Hill Rotary Club of Skillman, N.J. to distribute as we saw fit. This club's funds have really been a blessing to those families who have received help.