Shoes for Orphan Souls Campaign in Final Week

The 2014 collection of shoes for the 13th annual District 6040 Shoes for Orphan Souls campaign is entering its final week this week, with Friday, May 2, the final date for bringing in shoes.  The club's goal this year is 1025 pairs of new children's shoes, which would exceed our previous high of 1020 pairs of shoes in 2011. District Shoes Cheerleader (and Plazan) Larry Lunsford has challenged District Rotarians to collect at least 16,907 pairs of shoes this year so that the District will exceed 250,000 pairs of shoes donated since the Shoes for Orphan Souls program was initiated in 2001-02, when Larry served as District Governor.

In an email to District Rotarians last week, Larry wrote: "Just a reminder that our Roll Call of Shoes will be held on Saturday morning, May 10th, around 11:30 am or so, at the District Assembly to be held at the Comfort Inn in Macon, Missouri.  Please ensure at least one member of your club is there to report the good news from your club’s efforts.  This is always a highlight of a District Rotary event, as we see “Service Above Self” in action in our Rotary Clubs.  Always a good time.  And you know Macon, Missouri is my home town."  

Before last Friday's meeting, we were about 250 pairs of shoes short of our goal for the year, according to Grand Shoebah Ed Ladegaard.  And before last Friday, the "standings" for the three teams competing for top collection honors were:Image