Author: Marissa Pellegrino

Wearing Out Poverty at Maryland Elementary School with NSRA

Written on December 17, 2018.

“I like my new shoes.” When you grow up in a low-income neighborhood, that’s something you might not get to say very...

Written on December 5, 2018.

It’s been our privilege to share the stories of some of the children we’ve met during our shoe distributions in the United...

Written on December 3, 2018.

The Singapore company Million Lighting has held three shoe drive for Soles4Souls collecting 200,000 pairs of shoes and...

Written on November 30, 2018.

Antananarivo. A complicated name for an even more complicated city. Here, in the heart of the island-nation of Madagascar,...

Written on October 26, 2018.

Life on less than $1.90 per day is defined as extreme poverty. Extreme because it deprives its victims of the most basic...

Written on September 27, 2018.

Where’s Julio? A question the teachers at the Hermano Pedro school in Antigua, Guatemala ask often. The answer is usually...

Written on August 8, 2018.

If you’ve had a child in your life, you’ve likely heard the all too familiar, “I don’t want to go to school today”. (Kudos...

Written on July 3, 2018.

Puerto Rico is a complicated place. Of course, there’s its relationship with the United States. A territory for more than...

Written on June 20, 2018.

In the sixty seconds it will take you to read this, 20 more people will leave their homes to escape war, persecution or...

Written on June 16, 2018.

Distributing shoes to some of the world’s poorest communities is impactful in many ways. There’s of course, the gift itself,...

Written on May 30, 2018.

Currently, 767 million people live in extreme poverty, surviving on less than $1.90 a day and struggling to afford life’s...

Written on May 11, 2018.

There’s no I in team. This well-known phrase reminds us to come together as a team to accomplish a goal. Our goal of breaking...

Written on March 28, 2018.

This past holiday season, we had three amazing families leave the comforts of their homes to celebrate the season with...

Written on March 2, 2018.

A love of running and cross-country taught Detroit teen Prateek Bhola about the importance of a good pair of shoes from...

Written on February 6, 2018.

A lot happens on our international shoe distributions. There’s the obvious process itself, of course. Men, women and even...