About Shoes for Orphan SoulsShoes for Orphan Souls HostHost a Drive Volunteer InformationShoes for Orphan Souls Drop-Off LocationsShoes for Orphan Souls Ship ShoesShoes for Orphan Souls Shoe NewsShoes for Orphan Souls Shoe Campaigns
Shoe News

Missouri Rotary Collects 17,000
Shoes for Orphans
In its seventh year collecting shoes for orphans and at-risk children, Missouri Rotary District 6040 'stepped up' again to donate more than 17,000 pairs of shoes, 1,300 pairs of socks and $6,028.40 to benefit Shoes for Orphan Souls.



Russian-born girls learn value of giving back
Victoria, 9, and Michaela, 7, went on the air at Smithville Elementary School television and asked the children to donate Shoes for Orphan Souls.




First-Person: The First Thing You Notice?
No Shoes
Not again, I thought as I passed through the single steel door of Nueva Esperanza’s 20-foot concrete wall. Not like Romania.



Take a Trip that is Good for the Soul
Shoes for Orphan Souls leads short-term mission trips throughout the year to deliver new shoes and God’s love to children in countries around the world. Volunteers experience the “soul” of Shoes for Orphan Souls by personally ministering to children.


Texas Tech Raids for Shoes
The Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team opened their first Big 12 game with an act of charity.





Soles Take on 2008
Putting shoes on the feet of needy children seems simple enough.





No Passport Needed: Take a Mission Trip to the Shoe Warehouse
Don’t want to leave the country? Volunteer to sort shoes at the Buckner Center for Humanitarian Aid in Dallas, Texas. No passport needed… and you can drink the water.


Birthday Giving Spurs Happy Feet
Around the World
After a day of cake, candy, candles and gifts, a typical birthday child learns one thing: it’s all about me. But that’s not the case with 4-year-old Jacob Hooks.



Buckner Souls Step into Croatia
First Baptist Church Knoxville hand delivered the first round of Shoes for Orphan Souls to 500 children in the area of Cakovec, Croatia on Sept. 19.




WMBW Radio Collects 16,000 Shoes for Orphans
WMBW Radio station in Chattanooga, Tenn. collected over 16,000 pairs of shoes and 48,000 pairs of socks for Buckner International’s Shoes for Orphan Souls drive during their month-long collection in August.

More Shoes in the News:

Houston Church's Shoe Drive Nets More Than 13,000 Pairs

GAiN distributes more than 30,000 Shoes for Orphan Souls

Small town food event raises big money for orphans

Shoes Bring Smiles to Foreign Land, Texas Soil

Missouri Rotary Delivers 18,000 Shoes for Orphan Souls

Shoes for Miguel

Collect Shoes. Helping Children One Foot at a Time through
Shoes for Orphan Souls.
Ways You Can Help

Pray for Shoes for Orphan Souls
Please pray for the children living in orphanages throughout the world and for those individuals who are working to collect shoes.

Donate to Shoes for Orphan Souls
Your gift will provide a pair of new shoes to a needy child overseas. Many of these children have never owned a new pair of shoes.

Volunteer with Shoes for Orphan Souls
Volunteers are needed to travel overseas to deliver the shoes to the children. We also need volunteers to host shoe drives and to help process shoes.

Shoes for Orphan Souls, a ministry of Buckner International, provides new shoes and socks to orphans and at-risk children in the United States and throughout the world. From conducting shoe drives to humanitarian aid trips, Shoes for Orphan Souls offers hands-on opportunities to individuals, groups and organizations that want to transform lives through social ministry. Since 1999, more than 1.5 million pairs of new shoes and socks have been distributed to 55 countries. Buckner is a fully accredited non-profit organization with IRS 501(c)(3) status. Your gifts to Buckner are tax-deductible as allowed by the IRS


Shoes for Orphan Souls, a ministry of Buckner, is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.