Gander Mountain and Soles4Souls Team Up to Help Needy, Shoeless Kids
Josh Wolfe 05.03.12
Outdoor specialty store Gander Mountain has teamed up with the non-profit, Nashville-based Soles4Souls in an effort to supply shoes to needy children. The promotion started April 16th and will continue until May 14.
Country recording artist Billy Gilman’s new single, “The Choice,” is being used to promote this charitable event by the two companies. Gander Mountain customers who buy a pair of shoes in-store will receive a free download of Gilman’s new single.
Gander Mountain will donate $1 from every pair of shoes purchased to Soles4Souls which will then donate a pair of shoes to someone in need. Every dollar donated equals one pair of shoes.
Soles4Souls has two other divisions, Clothes4Souls and Hope4Souls. All three divisions strive to provide relief to victims needing clothes and other necessities.
It didn’t take long for me, following in my father’s footsteps (literally), to develop a deep appreciation for the outdoors. Because it’s there in the wind, in the rain and a cool summer sunrise where I’ve learned more than in all the classrooms combined. My journalistic work is the sum of all I’ve taken from the outdoors and all I want to give back.
It was during a long, grueling two-year stint working as a banker in Huntsville, Alabama, I finally realized I needed to follow my dreams. After sojourning several places across the country, I now call Asheville, North Carolina, home, where I am the co-founder, publisher and editor of The Golf Sport (www.golfsportmag.com) magazine and editor of Sporting Classics Daily (www.sportingclassicsdaily.com). I am also a contributor to OutdoorHub and Global Outfitters, and hope to really inflate that balloon over the next couple years.
For me, it’s the power of the pen that makes the outdoor adventure live forever – as it is resurrected on the page in front of me. I am so fortunate to be a part of the outdoor community and make my passion a career.
