April 22nd is Earth Day
You don't have to go out on a limb to honor Earth Day in Montreal (Jour de la Terre), celebrated worldwide on April 22 every year.
Donate your gently worn shoes to Soles4 Souls Montreal
during April.
We are also having a special collection on Earth Day
Sunday April 22nd 2012 at:
Coop La Maison Verte
5785 Sherbrooke St. W. NDG H4A 1X2
noon-5 pm.
For more info: 514-487-9675
Sunday April 22nd, thousands of organizations & individuals will be celebrating Earth Day.
The idea…. do something to help our environment and make our world a better place. At Soles4Souls Canada we believe that donating your gently worn shoes is the GREEN thing to do.
There are tons of discarded footwear in the landfills that when they break down the toxic glue that holds our shoes together can leak into our water supply and atmosphere.
There are two statistics that were brought to our attention that caused us to really emphasize the importance of donating shoes rather than throwing them away….
1) In 2011, more than 300 million pairs of shoes will end up in North American landfills.
2) Many of those shoes take more than 40 years to break down and decompose completely.
If you combine those two facts with the reality that many of the shoes that are sitting in landfills can dispense toxins into the ground when they’re combined with non-biodegradable products like electronics, you begin to see what an impact the shoes that are thrown away have on the environment.
An even more staggering statistic is that approximately 1.4 Billion people around the world don’t own a decent pair of shoes. Meaning, the shoes that are being thrown out can actually go towards improving someone else’s life around the world. So what can you do? It’s really simple…. Take some time this weekend to clean out that closet & donate those shoes you never wear rather than throwing them out.
We’re asking people to ‘go green’ by cleaning out their closets and delivering their gently worn shoes to drop-off locations in their area.
There are thousands of official drop-off locations throughout the country that look like the photo on the right. To find a drop off location nearest you, simply click here for Canadian Drop-off Locations
For more information contact: Eastern Canada Donald J.L. Robichaud Director Eastern Canada Soles4Souls info@soles4soulscanada.com 613- 466-0416 or 1-888-768-9415 http://www.soles4soulscanada.com/
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