Ten years ago, Corbin High School Social Studies Teacher, Cheryl Tinsley, attended the Kentucky United Nations Assembly (KUNA) conference with her two sons. Robby, an 11th grader, and Jeff, a 9th grader, were enthralled with the videos playing at the WaterStep booth and horrified that so many people around the world were living with unsafe … Read more
Reposted with permission from Southern Indiana Works:Â Beginning this year, and during the 3rd quarter, SIW committed to “Quarterly Outreach” projects. With this being our first outreach project, we needed some guidance on a place to start. Ron McKulick, previous Executive Director at SIW, introduced us to WaterStep which is an organization that collects shoes … Read more
Our shoe program is growing rapidly thanks to people like Susan Dersch with Northminster Presbyterian Church who recently led a hugely successful shoe drive over two consecutive weekends in Springfield, OH. Susan and her team collected more than 6,000 pounds of shoes and completely filled our 20 foot box truck. This one shoe drive will … Read more
WaterStep’s Shoes for Water program relies heavily on volunteers to run shoe drives, sort shoes and to pick up shoes from area drop sites and deliver them to our Louisville headquarters. One of our most passionate volunteers is Jean Esper out of Springfield, KY. Jean just hosted her fourth annual shoe drive for WaterStep at … Read more
In 2019, WaterStep launched its first Teen Board. A group made up of high school students from Louisville and Southern Indiana, as well as a few students in the Chicagoland area. The group’s goal was to organize shoe drives in their schools, churches and businesses they had connections to, as well as to spread awareness … Read more
If you live in Louisville, you have most likely seen a WaterStep shoe collection box at a local business around town. Or perhaps your child has come home with a flyer advertising an upcoming shoe drive at their school benefiting WaterStep. The notoriety of our shoe program continues to grow in Louisville and is now … Read more
WaterStep relies heavily on our shoe program to fund our mission of saving lives with safe water around the world. We have drop-site locations all over Louisville, and in several other major cities as well. The shoes are collected by volunteers and brought to our headquarters in Old Louisville (shoes are pictured below waiting to … Read more
The COVID-19 Pandemic has changed the way WaterStep works in almost every facet. Our meetings, tours and events have all gone virtual. Our dedicated manufacturing volunteers are building equipment out of their homes. The few people that are at our headquarters are masked up and six feet apart. We have made lots of changes in … Read more
If you live in Louisville, you have most likely seen a WaterStep shoe collection box at a local business around town. Or perhaps your child has come home with a flyer advertising an upcoming shoe drive at their school benefiting WaterStep. The notoriety of our shoe program continues to grow in Louisville and is now … Read more
Molly, a 10-year-old who lives near Bowling Green, KY, wanted to make an impact in her community. Lucky for us, she chose WaterStep to benefit from her efforts. Molly is hosting a shoe drive in her community for the next couple of weeks and has already collected many pairs of shoes. Molly’s mom, Ashley, said, … Read more
