Get the WORD Out, Inc. is partnering with George the Shoeman and with Kingdom Seeds Outreach to present a  Worship and Praise Concert on Oct 24 at Kirkwood Park Amphitheatre  to collect shoes. The proceeds from sales of the shoes will build wells in Kenya.

A list of  shoe collection locations is on our Get the Word Out website, or at Kingdom Seeds Outreach.

You can collect old shoes for us! Just gather up old shoes from friends and neighbors to drop off at one of our many locations in the area (including on GTWO Director Karen Smith’s front porch at 204 S. Maple, corner of Maple and Swon in Webster Groves). There are 25 locations on the GTWO website including  the Webster Groves  Recreation Center, and more to come.  200,000 pairs  is the goal. Make sure to tie the pairs together with string, zip ties, or in some other manner.

George the Shoeman has established a mission which markets the used shoes to brokers, who sell them to third world countries. In addition to raising money, the shoes reduce such problems as internal parasites in the countries where they are shipped. The money raised from the sale of shoes is used to dig water wells.

We’ll be digging a well at The Esther House, and two in Turkwel by the Prince of Peace School – one in each tribe’s territory in addition to other locations.  We hope to go with George the Shoeman  in January or February to scout out locations and get things ready.

It’s an amazing way to dig wells for water in Kenya. You can clean out your closet and it will change their lives… really!