Thousands of Shoes Up for Grabs at Annual Drive

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Updated: 7:00 PM Feb 4, 2012 Thousands of Shoes Up for Grabs at Annual Drive Local podiatrists are putting their best foot forward. For more than 20 years, local foot doctors have been teaming up with the Salvation Army for a program called Shoes for the Homeless. Posted: 6:20 PM Feb 4, 2012 Reporter: Chris Stover Email Address: chris.stover@newsplex.com

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February 12, 2012

Local podiatrists are putting their best foot forward.

For more than 20 years, local foot doctors have been teaming up with the Salvation Army for a program called Shoes for the Homeless. This year, they've collected more than 5,000 pairs of shoes.

All of those shoes were up for grabs -- all for free -- at Charlottesville's Salvation Army center. At the end of the day, the Salvation Army gave away more than 1,000 pairs.

"Being a podiatrist, being a foot doctor, it's kind of paramount that we know how important a good pair of shoes is for somebody, and we saw it as something the community needed," said Dr. Bryan Snyder, a local podiatrist who helped organize the event.

All the leftover shoes will still be used. The Salvation Army ships them around the country and around the world to make sure anyone who needs a pair gets one.

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Posted by: Kelley Location: Shadwell on Feb 4, 2012 at 07:29 PM

How would anyone have known about this shoe drive? Was there any other notification about this. I have shoes and boots that I would have donated and now will probably drop off at Goodwill to go who knows where.

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