Our Helping Hands of St. Louis 10th Annual Shoe Fest is coming up! This event helps each child start their school year off on the right foot. In addition to new athletic shoes for kids, sizes toddler 10 through adult 10, this festival will feature face painting, games, and more!
“Each year we’ve provided new shoes, socks and school supplies to more than 600 school-age children,” says Sue Shrewsbery, Director of Helping Hands of St. Louis. “We focus on East Toledo families, but no child will be turned away, if we have their size shoe. First come, first served."
This year’s 10th Annual Shoe Fest will be held Saturday, August 12 from 9 a.m. – Noon at 443 Sixth St., Toledo, OH.
If you are interested in sponsoring the event or donating items, please contact Sue Shrewsbery, Director of Helping Hands of St. Louis, 419.691.0613, ext. 101, or sshrewsbery@toledodiocese.org. Volunteers are needed from 7:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 12, both adults and teens (who must be accompanied by an adult). Please sign up to volunteer by clicking here. Donations can be dropped off at Helping Hands 2nd floor Office, 443 Sixth St., Toledo, OH, preferably by Thurs., Aug. 3 for sorting, though they will be accepted through Fri., Aug. 11. Donations children’s backpacks and school supplies such as paper, pencils, pens, markers, crayons, glue sticks, dry-erase markers, hand sanitizer, tissues and Ziploc bags are welcomed. Please clearly mark donations as “Shoe Fest.”