Tennessee Titans to team up with Soles4Souls

Comcast Cable proudly announces players for the 2007 Comcast "Jeff Fisher & Friends" Charity Softball Game Presented by Regions Bank. The charity softball game is set for Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 7 PM at Greer Stadium.

"Friends" include Vince Young, Chris Hope, David Thornton, Kevin Mawae, Craig Hentrich, Keith Bulluck, Ben Troupe, Kerry Collins, Lamont Thompson, Cooper Wallace, Kenny Amato, Donnie Nickey, Danial Loper, Coach Norm Chow, Coach Alan "Music City Miracle" Lowry and Coach Steve Watterson. Other Alumni "Friends" include Steve McNair, Frank Wycheck and Chris Sanders. More players will be announced next week.

New this year, the Nashville-based charity, Soles4Souls Inc., the global organization dedicated to providing free footwear to people in need all over the world, will be conducting a shoe drive at the charity softball game for the Million Pair March campaign. Soles4Souls will be manning drop boxes and the Soles4Souls delivery truckwill be at the main gate at Greer Stadium so that fans may donate their shoes to this worthy cause.

Soles4Souls is asking fans to each donate one pair of new or 'gently worn' shoes and/or money for shipping the shoes to the Sudan, a notoriously poverty and war stricken area of the world. The first drop is scheduled for the Fall 2007 in the refugee camps of Southern Sudan, with more to follow. The Million Pair March has already been endorsed by some of Hollywood's finest, including Don Cheadle, Jessica Alba, Melissa Rivers, and Scarlett Johansson, who graciously had Reebok donate 2,000 pairs of shoes in her name to the cause.

Gates will open at 5:00 PM and parking is free. Early arrivals can watch pre-game activities such as an exhibition game played by the Little League Softball Clubs, the "Hit it Out of the Park"contest between the NFL Players. Admission is $10.00 for General Admission and $15.00 for Reserved Seats. In addition, the game has added a Kids' ticket, 12 and under, for $6.00. Tickets are on sale now through The Nashville Sounds ticket office or bycalling at 615/242-4371. Show your KrogerPlus card, Military or StudentID and get $1 off. For more event information, please go to http://www.nashvillesounds.com/ or http://www.titansonline.com/.

Bellevue Community Church holds 1,000 pair weekend

Bellevue Community Church held the "1,000 Shoe Weekend" that supported the Soles4Souls campaign to collect a million pairs of new and gently worn shoes. The community minded church encouraged members of the congregation to attend a service during the weekend of May 19th and 20th and leave their shoes on the altar in order to demonstrate God's love to hurting people across the world with the simple gift of shoes. Half of the pairs donated during the weekend will support the Million Pair March; the other half will be delivered to the Nashville Rescue Mission for distribution to the region's homeless population.

Bellevue Community Church's new senior pastor, David Perez, says that the Million Pair March is the type of grassroots campaign that his congregation will support in a major way.

"The people at this church have huge hearts for missions and making a tangible difference in someone's life," Perez said. "Shoes are a simple commodity that we all take for granted, and by donating the shoes right off our feet, we hope to inspire our community to get involved in helping less fortunate people in our community, as well as around the world," Perez said.

"Compassionate church members -- like the ones at Bellevue Community Church -- are helping transform our charity's goals into reality," said Wayne Elsey, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Soles4Souls. "We are impressed with their creative ideas on how to reach out to their community and the world. We are especially delighted that a church body from our community would partner with us in such a big way," Elsey said.

Elsey is also exploring the environmental benefits of Soles4Souls. "Recycling is a big part of being socially conscious, and discarded shoes take up an enormous amount of space in our nation's landfills," he said. "The concept is really a win-win for people and the environment. Donating your shoes will help someone in need and not take up unnecessary space in our landfills," he said.

According to Elsey, there are two ways individuals can get involved with the campaign. The first is to clean out individual closets and ship the shoes to the charity's warehouse in Alabama for worldwide distribution. Many celebrities, athletes, politicians, and even hundreds of schoolchildren have already raised hundreds of thousands of shoes for the effort. The second is to donate money to be used completely for shipping expenses. Details are available at http://www.giveshoes.org/.

Deckers Joins Soles4Souls Million Pair March With A Goal To Collect 250,000 Pairs Locally

Deckers Outdoor Corporation is proud to support Soles4Souls Million Pair March campaign by mobilizing the local community to collect 250,000 of new and used footwear. Collected shoes from the Million Pair March will be distributed to individuals in disaster-driven areas like the Gulf Coast and the Third World like Sudan and Honduras. Since their start over 30 years ago, Deckers has strived to find balance in their environmental responsibilities and business practices.

"Deckers Outdoor Corporation is filled with compassionate people who have a huge heart for reaching out to their community and the world at large," said Wayne Elsey, Founder of Soles4Souls. "Since our very beginning they have been instrumental in helping us reach millions of people, and we are humbled by their incredible participation in this campaign."

Members of the Santa Barbara community can join Deckers in their mission by donating new, old or unwanted footwear at numerous locations around the Santa Barbara area. Thus far, drop off bins for footwear donations are available at the Deckers Goleta based office, Santa Barbara Zoo, UCSB Bren School, and our partnering retailers like Santa Barbara Outfitters and Santa Barbara Running Co.

"If we look in our closets, we might be embarrassed by the number of shoes we own that rarely, if ever, get worn." Says Angel Martinez, CEO and President of Deckers Outdoor Corp. "Why not donate those pairs to people in need? And the best part for us shoe lovers is that we then get to buy some new shoes, guilt-free!"

Christian Family Radio hosting shoe drive

Bowling Green, KY - WCVK (90.7) announced that they will be hosting a shoe drive for Soles4Souls that will last until the end of June. The shoes will be delivered to poverty stricken areas of Sudan in late July.


"Our goal is to have a million pair of shoes shipped to that region by the end of the year," stated founder and CEO of Soles4Soles, Wayne Elsey. "You can see sixty to seventy thousand people with basically nothing in one of the many refugee camps in Sudan. We are putting a pair of shoes on their feet to give them a firm foundation and to let them know that we care about them."


More than 300 million children around the world do not have a single pair of shoes. Yet Americans have more than 1.5 billion pairs of unwanted shoes in their closets. You can make a difference by donating new or gently worn shoes or flip-flops in mens, womens and childrens of all sizes. Participants can drop off their shoes at the CFR Studios in Bowling Green, Lifeway Christian store in Owensboro or Papa John's in Glasgow.

Soles4Souls Announces Shoe Drive at the Rock 'N' Roll Marathon

Soles4Souls is continuing its effort to receive 1 million pairs of shoes to be shipped to the Sudan for the "Million Pair March". The Nashville-based charity announced that they will be conducting a shoe drive at the 10th annual Rock 'n' Roll Marathon finish line on Sunday, June 3, 2007 in order to receive shoes from the runners for the charity's Million Pair March campaign.

The Million Pair March campaign is dedicated to raising 1 million dollars to ship 1 million pairs of shoes to the Sudan and the surrounding areas. Soles4Souls volunteers will be at the marathon's Health and Fitness Expo, Friday, June 2 and Saturday, June 3, at the San Diego Convention Center handing out brochures and information on how people can get involved with the charity.
Soles4Souls will be manning drop boxes and the Soles4Souls delivery truck will be at the finish line so that runners and spectators may donate their shoes to this worthy cause. Soles4Souls is asking people to each donate one pair of new or 'gently worn' shoes and/or money for shipping the shoes to the Sudan, a notoriously poverty- and war-stricken area of the world. The first drop is scheduled for the Fall 2007 in the refugee camps of Southern Sudan, with more to follow.

"We are excited to be a part of the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon again," said Wayne Elsey, Founder and CEO of Soles4Souls. "The Country Music Marathon & 1/2 Marathon was a huge success and we look forward to watching more runners cross the finish line and hopefully receiving their worn shoes to help others in need. We would also like to thank Elite Racing for helping us reach out to the running community and share our mission," Elsey said.

The Million Pair March has already been endorsed by many of Hollywood's celebrities, including Don Cheadle, Jessica Alba, Melissa Rivers, and Scarlett Johansson, who graciously had Reebok donate 2,000 pairs of shoes in her name to the cause.