{"id":10870,"date":"2015-04-21T10:30:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T14:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=10870"},"modified":"2015-04-21T10:30:47","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T14:30:47","slug":"drive-by-shoe-drop-off-in-van-wert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/drive-by-shoe-drop-off-in-van-wert\/","title":{"rendered":"Drive By Shoe Drop Off in Van Wert"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"First<\/a>First United Methodist Youth is hosting a\u00a0 \u201cDrive By Shoe Drop Off\u201d on Saturday, April 25 from 9am \u2013 12pm at 113 W. Central Ave. in Van Wert.<\/p>\n

You can drive up to the Central Street doors of the First United Methodist Church and we will come to your car and get your donated bags of shoes.\u00a0 Rain or shine we will be holding the shoe drop off.\u00a0 You won\u2019t need to leave the comfort of your car.<\/p>\n

We are partnering with Funds2Orgs to raise money for our summer mission trip and helping other people around the world while benefiting our community as well.\u00a0 By donating your gently worn, used shoes to the First Church Youth Group, your shoes are given a second chance to make a difference. All donated shoes will be redistributed to microenterprise partners through Funds2Orgs and used in developing nations for impoverished people to start, maintain, and grow a unique business opportunity to feed, clothe, and house their families.\u00a0\u00a0 In the US alone, approximately 630 million pairs of shoes are thrown away per year. The materials used to manufacture a pair of shoes are created from chemical compounds that will create health hazards if left to disintegrate openly or in landfills.\u00a0 Please donate your shoes and keep them out of our landfills.\u00a0 The youth group will be collecting shoes until the end of May, so if you don\u2019t have your closets cleaned out before the drop off you can bring your shoes to the church anytime or call and we will pick them up.\u00a0 Call 419-238-0631.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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