Chris Mosey

Donates shoes to children in Zimbabwe

Chris Mosey, a teen age Boy Scout, contacted us through this website.  He was exploring possible projects for an Eagle Scout award.  He inquired if  the mission had a use for good used shoes.  We assured him that all shoes in good condition would be most welcome.

Chris and his fellow scouts collected shoes for the children at the Renewed Hope Mission in Zimbabwe.  When they ran out of space to store them, the scouts gathered on a recent Saturday.  The boys cleaned, and paired all of the shoes.   The paired shoes were tied together so that they would not get separated.   The scouts packed the cleaned shoes into large boxes for shipping.  Twenty-eight boxes of shoes contained approximately 750 pairs of shoes.  It will be like Christmas for the children whenever they arrive in Zimbabwe.

These boxes were delivered to us recently.   They will be placed in storage until the next container is loaded for Zimbabwe.