BY NICK McCOY<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Tiger Fitness Center is hosting a shoe donation drive located in Cunningham Hall. The donation allows students to give away shoes to the Fitness Center, which will then be given to people in need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The donation also serves as a great way of introducing students to the fitness center and helps them get involved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe want people to get into the fitness center,\u201d said Tiger Fitness coordinator and instructor Anthony Fox. \u201cWe want people to start thinking about getting active, but also give them an opportunity to participate on campus and benefit others.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The shoe donation also gives students an incentive to do something else with their old shoes besides just throwing them away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAround this time of year, kids are trying to get their house cleaned up,\u201d Fox said. \u201cInstead of throwing those old shoes away, we would like people to bring them in and work with this company.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the items often donated to homeless shelters, shoes and socks are the most requested and needed. Fox hopes that the shoes given away can help many others in less developed countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe want to give others the opportunity to walk where they\u2019re going,\u201d Fox said. \u201cIn third world countries, they don\u2019t have the ability to hop on a scooter or hop off a train like us. Shoes are important because their main mode of transportation is their feet.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the third year that the Fitness Center has hosted this sort of donation, with the Soles4Souls donation taking place in 2021. While it is still too early for exact numbers for this year\u2019s donation, the Fitness Center has collected an impressive amount of footwear in previous years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI believe our first year, they donated about 1,000 pairs,\u201d Fox said. \u201cLast year, there were about 500 to 700 pairs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This donation is a great way for students to not only help out those in need but also initiate themselves on campus and get involved, whether it be physically in the Fitness Center or just by donating a pair of shoes.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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