– Sep 2019 to Mar 2020
Shoe Collection Drive was conducted in Six Cities in India – Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru. More than 500 athletes got new or gently used shoes for supporting their fitness and running training. The project was initiated by Bhumika and supported by a large pool of volunteers/ Guide runners from the corporate and running community. Many thanks to all the donors who supported wholeheartedly.
The drive included many activities :
- Handling calls from shoes donors
- Coordinating shoe pick up/drop off
- Phone/Email response to corporate enquiries for participation
- shoe size requirement gathering from visuallyimpaired
- Sorting the donations for shoes with good mileage
- Shoe laundry for gently used shoe donations
- Shoe fitment check at training locations
- Coordinating new cities in phase 2 of drive
Empowering VisuallyImpaired & Beyond 