Beach School collects 108 pairs of shoes
An official from Beach Elementary School has reported that 108 pairs of shoes were collected during a shoe drive fundraiser for Haiti relief efforts. The benefit was organized by the Dominican Republic Outreach Program at Florida Gulf Coast University, a student run service learning program.
Aida Saldivar, the student organizer from FGCU, sent a county-wide email to schools asking for help in collecting used shoes. In the email, he mentioned shoe sizes should be in age 5 to 18 demographic range. He picked up the box loads of shoes at the elementary school Friday, Feb. 19.
According to Joe Donzelli from Lee County Public Schools Communications Department, schools and departments across the school district began to mobilize to help those affected by this tragedy almost immediately after the devastating earthquake hit Haiti.