(Mona Purdy) Mona Purdy poses with a boy in Haiti who got two pairs of used shoes through Purdy’s Share Your Soles charity. With the 10-year anniversary of Share Your Soles behind her, Purdy would like to become a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador. She also wants to apply for federal grants to bolster the charity's $975,000 annual budget. "It might begin with shoes," she said. "But it doesn't end there."
Used Shoes Take Giant Steps in Poor Countries
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NOVEMBER 18, 2009
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At a Jamaican orphanage, girls suffering from deformities and burns couldn't believe the shoes Mona Purdy had given them were theirs to keep.
"They had not had Christmas, ever. Christmas was giving them these used shoes in March," said Purdy, the founder of the charity, Share Your Soles, her voice cracking with emotion.
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