KY School Celebrates 10th Annual Shoe Drive
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…
Southern Indiana Works Quarterly Outreach
Reposted with permission from Southern Indiana Works: Beginning this year, and during the 3rd quarter, SIW committed to "Quarterly Outreach" projects. With this being our first outreach project, we needed some…
Donate Shoes and Save Lives!
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,…
Shoes for Water Volunteer Spotlight: Jean Esper
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…
WaterStep Teens Are on the Move!
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…
What Do Shoes Have to Do With Water?
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…
WaterStep’s Dynamic Duo: Don and Shelley Lockhart!
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…
Teens Find Innovative Ways to Host Shoe Drives
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…
What do Shoes have to do with Water?
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…
Stepping up for WaterStep
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…
60,000 pounds of shoes means a well for a community in Uganda
Last month for World Water Day, we challenged the WaterStep community to collect a semi-truck full of shoes to help bring water to a village in Uganda – about 22,000…
World Water Day
This Sunday, March 22, is World Water Day. In honor of this year's theme - Water and Sustainability - I wanted to share a photo that we've never shared…