SOLES4SOULS INC
319 MARTINGALE DRIVE, OLD HICKORY, TN 37138 www.soles4souls.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: SOLES4SOULS (S4S) IS A GLOBAL NOT-FOR-PROFIT INSTITUTION DEDICATED TO FIGHTING THE DEVASTATING IMPACT AND PERPETUATION OF POVERTY. S4S ADVANCES ITS MISSION BY COLLECTING NEW AND USED SHOES AND CLOTHES FROM CORPORATE PARTNERS, INDIVIDUALS, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, THEN DISTRIBUTING THOSE SHOES AND CLOTHES VIA BOTH DIRECT DONATIONS TO PEOPLE IN NEED AND BY PLACING SHOES AND CLOTHING INTO QUALIFIED MICROENTERPRISE PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO CREATE JOBS IN POOR AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.

TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE JOBS & PROVIDE RELIEF BY DISTRIBUTING SHOES & CLOTHING AROUND THE WORLD.

DISTRIBUTION OF GIK IN MICROENTERPRISE - SOLES4SOULS FACILITATES THE DONATION AND COLLECTION OF NEW AND USED SHOES, NEW AND USED CLOTHING AND OTHER RELIEF ITEMS FROM FOOTWEAR, CLOTHING AND OTHER MANUFACTURERS, RETAILERS AND INDIVIDUALS. THESE ITEMS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO PEOPLE IN NEED LOCALLY, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY THROUGH A NETWORK OF VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS AND IN COOPERATION WITH OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS, REFERRED TO AS DISTRIBUTION PARTNERS, WHO WORK ON SOLES4SOULS' BEHALF TO DISTRIBUTE THESE ITEMS PROVIDING RELIEF TO INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN POVERTY OR AFFECTED BY NATURAL DISASTERS. THROUGH THIS EXTENSIVE NETWORK, SOLES4SOULS HAS DISTRIBUTED SHOES, CLOTHING AND OTHER RELIEF SUPPLIES TO PEOPLE IN MORE THAN 127 COUNTRIES. DURING FY20, S4S DISTRIBUTED 518,642 PAIRS OF SHOES, 423,588 PIECES OF CLOTHING AND 60,415 PIECES OF OTHER ESSENTIALS TO THOSE IN NEED AROUND THE WORLD. ADDITIONALLY, S4S USED 4,203,364 PAIRS OF SHOES, 4,760,073 PIECES OF CLOTHING AND 674,686 PIECES OF OTHER ESSENTIAL ITEMS IN OUR MICROENTERPRISE PROGRAM PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOB AND INCOME CREATION AROUND THE WORLD.SOLES4SOULS PARTNERS WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ("NGOS") IN HAITI, HONDURAS, MOLDOVA, MALAWI AND ZAMBIA WHO RUN MICROENTERPRISE OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS CONTRACTS WITH ESTABLISHED MICROENTERPRISE PARTNERS TO DISTRIBUTE SHOES AND CLOTHING IN CENTRAL AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICA AND ASIA. OUR MICROENTERPRISE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE IMPOVERISHED PEOPLE IN DEVELOPING NATIONS WITH THE RESOURCES TO START AND MAINTAIN THEIR OWN BUSINESSES.

DISASTER RELIEF AND FREE DISTRIBUTION OF SHOES AND CLOTHING AND OTHER PROGRAMMING - DURING FY20, SOLES4SOULS PARTNERED WITH STREET BUSINESS SCHOOL TO CERTIFY TRAINERS IN EACH OF OUR MICROENTERPRISE PARTNERS IN HONDURAS, HAITI, GUATEMALA, UGANDA, MALAWI AND ZAMBIA. THESE TRAINERS WILL BE PROVIDING ESSENTIAL BUSINESS SKILLS TO A MULTITUDE OF ENTREPRENEURS IN THEIR COUNTRIES HELPING THEM CREATE AND MANAGE THEIR OWN BUSINESS AND SUSTAIN INCOMES FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. THERE ARE MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION CHILDREN IN THE U.S. WHO EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS AND LACK BASIC NECESSITIES LIKE A GOOD PAIR OF SHOES. DURING FY20, SOLES4SOULS LAUNCHED 4EVERYKID BUILDING THE FOUNDATION AND PLANNING THE DISTRIBUTION OF 20,000 SHOES DONATED BY FOOTLOCKER TO HOMELESS STUDENTS IN 20 CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN THE UK, FRANCE, CANADA AND SINGAPORE. WE PARTNERED DIRECTLY WITH MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS LIAISONS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO HELP EXECUTE THE PROGRAM AS WELL AS WITH NGO'S IN OTHER COUNTRIES. WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY KID DESERVES TO HAVE THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET. AND, A CHILD WHO HAS LOST THEIR HOME SHOULD NOT LOSE THEIR ABILITY TO BE A KID. SO SOLES4SOULS IS WORKING TO PROVIDE A NEW PAIR OF ATHLETIC SHOES TO EVERY KID EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.A CORE COMPONENT OF THE SOLES4SOULS MISSION IS PROVIDING RELIEF TO PEOPLE IMPACTED BY NATURAL DISASTERS. DURING FY20, SOLES4SOULS PROVIDED SHOES AND CLOTHING IN THREE TENNESSEE COUNTIES IMPACTED BY A EF4 TORNADO, COMMUNITIES IN THE BAHAMAS DEVASTATED BY HURRICANE DORIAN, AND IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 PROVIDED SHOES TO FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN ALABAMA, CALIFORNIA, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK, TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. THROUGH OUR MANY DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS DESCRIBED ABOVE, SOLES4SOULS KEPT 10,640,768 PAIRS/PIECES OUT OF LANDFILLS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 8,862,000 POUNDS OF PRODUCT. SINCE INCEPTION, SOLES4SOULS HAS KEPT 51,384,624 PAIRS/PIECES OUT OF LANDFILLS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 63,707,000 POUNDS. THROUGH THE SOLES4SOULS GLOBAL EXPERIENCES PROGRAM, VOLUNTEERS FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES JOIN SOLES4SOULS STAFF ON DISTRIBUTION TRIPS TO VARIOUS COUNTRIES TO EXPERIENCE FIRST-HAND PROVIDING SHOES AND CLOTHING TO PEOPLE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. TEAMS VISITED COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, JAMAICA, AND MOROCCO AS WELL AS LOUISIANA, NORTH CAROLINA AND ARIZONA ON 17 TRIPS IN FY20 (27 TRIPS IN FY19). DURING FY19, OUR GLOBAL EXPERIENCES PROGRAM RESTRUCTURED TO FOCUS ON "EARNED TRAVEL" VERSUS PAID TRAVEL GIVING OUR SUPPORTERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE OUR MISSION FIRST-HAND. SOLES4SOULS WILL PRIMARILY TRAVEL TO COUNTRIES WHERE WE HAVE MICROENTERPRISE PARTNERS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DISTRIBUTE SHOES TO PEOPLE IN NEED.

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