Shoes for good

Shood’s Vision: Every single person has a pair of high quality, well-fitting shoes that make an immediate impact on their health and wellness.

Shood’s Mission: To provide a pair of new or like new, well-fitting running shoes to economically disadvantaged communities and deliver them with dignity.

Since April 2017, Shood has donated over 25,000 pairs of shoes to those in need in RVA.

 
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Your shoes have miles to give

Shood receives shoes two ways-

  • Shoe Donation Bins at Fleet Feet Richmond locations and Sports Backers Stadium

  • Directly from Shoe Companies

Shood then distributes shoes two different ways—

Shood Shares (Shoe Giveaways) at local soup kitchens, food pantries and recovery programs. Shood takes shoes to mini pop-up shoe giveaways throughout the city where guests are professionally sized and fitted. Guests also receive Bombas socks and other foot related items.

Shooding Star Shares to support local high school and middle school running programs. Please read more about that program below.

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SHOODING STARS PROGRAM

Shooding Stars is Shood’s newest program. Shood provides running shoes and track spikes to student-athletes participating in Cross Country and Indoor/Outdoor Track at all five Richmond Public High Schools and Petersburg High School. Each student-athlete is professionally fitted and receives Bomba Socks and race day items.

Shood also partners with Girls on the Run Greater Richmond and Kids on the Move to provide running shoes to middle school runners needing shoes who attend Title 1 schools.

We want our local student-athletes to step on the starting line and focus on what they do have-TALENT. Shood believes every student-athlete deserves to show up feeling their best and that fair competition, not better resources, should determine the winner.

OUR PARTNERS

By partnering with Shood, businesses are able to deepen their local engagement and help our community put its best foot forward.

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Be a part of something good

Get in touch with Shood today to learn how you can help advance our mission of providing gently used running shoes to those who need them.