Soles United: Recycle Your Used Crocs
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Is It Time For New Crocs?
My baby blue Crocs has been through it all in the two years since I bought them. Traipsing through the sand on a Mexican beach, clomping around my local mall, squelching through the mud in Sudan. As a result, they're starting to look a bit battered and tired. So I'm excited to learn about the new program the Crocs company has launched to recycle my beloved shoes into shoes that will be given to someone (for free!) in an impoverished country. (I donated my blue Crocs in June. Simple as could be.)
As of the start of 2008, the Soles United program has been going for about 18 months (they've already given away more than 1 million shoes!). But it was launched into the public eye at the end of January 2008 when the Celebrity Apprentice teams were assigned the task of raising awareness about Soles United.
NOTE: Looks like this program has been completely shut down by Crocs. Sigh!
Image is courtesy of SolesUnited by Crocs: A Step in the Right Direction
As of the start of 2008, the Soles United program has been going for about 18 months (they've already given away more than 1 million shoes!). But it was launched into the public eye at the end of January 2008 when the Celebrity Apprentice teams were assigned the task of raising awareness about Soles United.
NOTE: Looks like this program has been completely shut down by Crocs. Sigh!
Image is courtesy of SolesUnited by Crocs: A Step in the Right Direction
Contents at a Glance
Goal was to donate more than two million pairs of recycled CrocsTM shoes worldwide to those in need in 2008
May 2008 Charity Challenge
This lens was the winner of the May 2008 Charity Challenge!! Thank you for helping make that happen. The May challenge focused on getting lenses to donate their proceeds to the Childrens Defense Fund and Save the Children. This lens has always given its money to Save the Children, so we're proud to have been participating this month.(But, ya know, in order to actually make some money to give to Save the Children, people have to visit, click on links and (maybe) buy things. I didn't have much on here to sale when the challenge started but I've added some things from Amazon that might interest you.)
Four easy steps
Step 1: Wear
Photo courtesy of megan @ flickr
Step 2: Share
Photo courtesy of Jespahjoy
Step 3: Recycle
Photo courtesy of y_katsuuu
Step 4: Donate
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Ready for Your Next Pair?
Great online places to get replacement Crocs after you donate yours for recycling. (And have you seen some of the cute new styles they have? Check these out at any of the links below.)
Crocs Caught on Camera
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My Crocs came in handy during a trip to Sudan in 2007!!
Soles United: What's the Buzz?
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- Donate Shoes to Soles for Souls
- By Long Island Press on February 8th, 2012 In June of 2011, Soles4Souls, a Nashville-based charity that provides shoes to the world's less fortunate men, women and children in over 127 countries (including the United States) asked the National ...
- Philanthropist Darren Home to Set Guinness World Record, Circumnavigate the ...
- And in following the words by Anne Frank, ?How wonderful it is that no one need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world,? Home plans on doing just that with his recently announced Global Soles Expedition. Set to launch in Spring 2012, ...
Where to Take Your Worn Crocs
Photo by lizjones112
Check with your local Crocs retailer to see if they're an official drop-off point.
Or mail your worn-out Crocs shoes to:
Crocs Recycling - West
3375 Enterprise Avenue
Bloomington, CA 92316
Crocs Recycling - East
1500 Commodity Blvd.
Lockbourne, OH 43137
Yellow Crocs Travels
Planned Donations for 2008
In 2008, Soles United plans to make donations with the help of its shipping partners and other 501c3 organizations to these countries.
Armenia, Cambodia, Chad, Darfur, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Philippines, Romania, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.
(Map courtesy of graphicmaps.com)
Armenia, Cambodia, Chad, Darfur, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Philippines, Romania, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.
(Map courtesy of graphicmaps.com)
Delivering the Shoes
Excited About the Soles United Program?
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scarlettohairy
Jan 13, 2012 @ 6:52 pm | delete
- I really should donate my Crocs. They are more than 5 years old and very smooth on the bottom! Not safe on wet surfaces at all any more. Thanks for the great info on this worthwhile program.
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kitty222
Jan 12, 2012 @ 12:18 pm | delete
- Good on Crocs for doing this. It keeps your old Crocs out of the landfill and helps kids. Seriously, I've seen video of poor starving kids climbing around in junkyards looking for recyclables to sell, they have no shoes on and they're going to get their feet cut and get infected. This will help.
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sherioz
Dec 11, 2011 @ 1:44 pm | delete
- Such an interesting idea.
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Tipi
Nov 6, 2011 @ 3:01 pm | delete
- I'm sorry to see that this excellent idea has been put on hold. A wonderful presentation of an excellent program and very worthy of your lovely purple star!
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sousababy
Oct 22, 2011 @ 9:57 am | delete
- Came back to google +1 this and also to add it to my lens, 'Living Articles on Squidoo.' Hope it helps!
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