The White Rock “shoe guy” Saturday delivered 33 pair of gently used shoes to people who are homeless, living on the streets of Downtown. He aims to deliver a total of 1,000 this season.
In the December issue, we suggested you offer up your old running shoes to The Shoe Guy, who spends the holiday season delivering slightly used athletic shoes to people who can use them.
Most runners have learned that running shoes lose that cushiony support and bounce after about 300-400 miles. That means shoes that aren’t supportive enough for running are still pretty good for walking, figured Ken Troupe, so why not give them to someone who could use them?
The White Rock area resident, also known as The Shoe Guy, starts collecting shoes beginning Dec. 1 through Christmas Eve and redistributes them to people who are homeless. This past Saturday he delivered 33 pair of shoes to folks on the streets of Downtown Dallas.
He will make one more pre-Christmas delivery, so if you have shoes to donate (he can really use some more men’s shoes, he wrote today on the Shoe Guy Facebook group), tie them together and mark them “male” or “female”. Drop them off on Troupe’s porch at 1815 Loving, located west of White Rock Lake. And you don’t have to go through him, he says. If you’d rather, take your pair downtown and give them to a homeless person. “Believe me,” Troupe says. “It will put a smile on their face.” His goal is to collect 1,000 pairs of shoes this December.
