Love in the Laces helping ease financial burden of back to school
For many families, school supplies and brand new shoes mean skipping rent payments, utilities, or food.
Love in the Laces, in conjunction with Tools for School, is a program designed to help ease that burden.
The program is organized through a partnership between Crossroads Church and Women’s Outreach. The church does the collection and organization of the shoes, while Women’s Outreach facilitates the applications and appointment booking and distribution.
Director of local initiatives at Crossroads Church, Laurie Whitaker, said in the four years that Love in the Laces has run they’ve seen around 3500 pairs of shoes come through the program.