Shoes Across America, Number 2!

Hello again UCOH!

We have succesfully completed our mission! The oodles of shoes were delivered to the Las Vegas Soles4Souls warehouse, and are in que to be treated, sorted, sized, and shipped off to their destination countries within a couple of months. Just think - the wonderful, loving energy from Unity Church of the Hills will travel around the world connected us to so many other beautiful souls in our world!

When we arrived at the Soles4Souls warehouse, our load was so large that we were re-directed to a dock several warehouses over where Joe Page, the warehouse manager, met us with a forklift. He was very excited and grateful to see our sizeable contribution of shoes! Since we had not been able to get a count, we relied on Joe's expertise and experience in giving us an estimate. There was a total of 59 large bags and 9 boxes, and by Joe's estimation, our final count of shoes was approximately 1,600 pair! Realizing the difference these shoes would make in the lives of 1600 people made every second of the 22 hours of driving well worth it!

We are so grateful and thankful to everyone who had a part in this huge success...from the Association of Unity Churches International whose partnership with the Soles4Souls organization spawned the Shoes4Unity campaign...to Maggie Miller, the leader of the International Outreach Team, who coordinated the UCOH effort...to each and everyone of you who contributed both shoes and dollars to the cause...to the volunteers and staff who helped bag, box, store and then load the donations onto the truck...to the GPS that Ellen's daughter, Courtney, lent us for the trip and kept us on the right streets and highways...to the Livingston's who housed us overnight and made us feel so welcome...to all who texted, called, prayed, and sent their loving energy to us on this wonderful journey. You are all blessings to this cause, this Church and this world!