Donate your shoes, be part of the 50 K

WORLDLY SOLES – Donate your shoes! 9 August 2010 – 28 January 2011 Your shoes were made for sharing! Whether they are runners, sandals, heels or flats, your spare shoes can change someone's world. We need your help to collect 50,000 pairs of shoes! All shoes will be donated to children and adults in need in Third World countries, including Haiti, Africa and The Himalayas. You can drop off your unwanted new or pre-loved shoes to all Libraries and Neighbourhood Service Centres in the City of Sydney council area until January 2011. Make a difference Your shoe donation will make a significant difference to more than 300 million children and adults in need, who suffer daily from foot injuries and social disadvantage as a result of having never owned a pair of shoes. Donating one pair of shoes is worth about 3 months of savings to someone in need. It also helps the environment by preventing shoes from ending up in landfill. About Worldly Soles The City of Sydney is supporting Worldly Soles, a charity project initiated by Student Associations from TAFE NSW in 2010. Since the beginning of the year, Worldly Soles has worked with more than 50 colleges across NSW to collect shoes from the community. What shoes can I donate? All shoes are accepted as long as there is some life left in them. Just make sure the soles are in good, wearable, condition. Where can I drop off my shoes? Collection points are set up at all City of Sydney Libraries and Neighbourhood Service Centres: Town Hall (One Stop Shop) Level 2 Town Hall House, 456 Kent Street Sydney Redfern Neighbourhood Service Centre, 158 Redfern Street Redfern Kings Cross Neighbourhood Service Centre, 50-52 Darlinghurst Road Kings Cross Customs House Library, 31 Alfred Street Circular Quay Glebe Library, 186 Glebe Point Road, Glebe (from August 16) Newtown Library, 8-10 Brown Street, Newtown Haymarket Library, 744 George Street, Sydney Surry Hills Library, 405 Crown Street Surry Hills  Ultimo Library, 40 William Henry Street Ultimo Waterloo Library, 770 Elizabeth Street Waterloo For opening hours and contact details for the above collection points, call 9265 9333. Where do the shoes go afterwards? Every pair of shoes collected will be donated to someone in need - nothing goes to waste. North Sydney TAFE Student Association has partnered with Soles4Souls to organise free shipping of the donated shoes to Third World countries, including Haiti, Africa and The Himalayas. For more information about the charity project go to www.worldlysoles.org