Crunch Fitness Teams up with Soles4Souls: Project Haiti
Crunch gym has partnered with Soles4Souls: Project Haiti Relief to donate shoes to those in need. People are in immediate need of the most basic necessities, like food, water and shoes. Soles4Souls is working with partners like Crunch to provide one million pairs of shoes to help survivors begin the rebuilding process. The amount of broken glass, twisted metal and raw sewage is staggering and the mission is to rush this protective footwear to them as quickly as possible.
Soles4Souls and Crunch will be collecting new or gently worn footwear and/or monetary donations at all 19 Crunch locations nationwide. It is estimated that Americans have 1.5 billion pairs of unused shoes lying in their closets. The organization can use each and every one of these pairs to make a tangible difference in someone’s life.
“Soles4Souls is the perfect organization for Crunch to partner with to contribute to Haiti relief,” says Jim Rowley, chief executive officer, Crunch. “Thousands of people walk into our gyms each day asking how they can help, and now they have an opportunity to make a difference.”
“We can use the shoes taking up space in your closet to change the world one pair at a time,” said Wayne Elsey, Founder and CEO of Soles4Souls, Inc. “We need our partners at Crunch to ‘STEP UP’ and get behind our call for action. It’s one of the most simple yet profound gifts you can make, because it will greatly improve someone’s life in the most difficult of times.”
To find the Crunch location nearest you visit www.crunch.com.
Crunch
Crunch is a health club chain that leads the industry in fusing fitness and entertainment. Since opening our doors in 1989, our mission has been to make working out a good time. Today, we are renowned for creating one-of-a-kind group fitness classes and unique programming for our wildly diverse members. With this much going on, Crunch is more than a gym. It’s a fitness community for all types of people, with all types of goals, exercising all different ways; working it out at the same place together.
