![]() George’s Cathedral for this thoughtful gesture. But it is often hard to find the correct shoe sizes for everyone and the IRC runs out of typical sizes very quickly. All new refugees are given an opportunity to pick out items that they would like to have from the IRC’s donation shop. George’s Done in a Day committee and also an IRC volunteer.įor many refugees, having new shoes is luxury. The children were so thrilled to have the shoes, I thought that this might be something that my church could help out with”, said Mikell Awwad, a member of the St. I had taken a couple pairs of my children’s shoes to a family who I noticed needed shoes. “I got the idea for donating the gift cards while volunteering with the IRC. The clients proudly wore their new shoes straight out of the store or carried them in their shoe boxes. In doing so, the clients selected every type of shoe from Spiderman shoes to Disney character shoes, athletic shoes, dress shoes, stylish men’s boots and furry boots. Member’s from the church’s “Done in a Day” committee came to the IRC, toured the IRC office and then assisted a few IRC clients with helping them find the correct sizes and assisting them to navigate the shoe store.Įach client was given an opportunity to pick out the shoes they wanted. The idea behind this gesture was to provide IRC’s newest clients with a new pair of shoes. George’s Orthodox Cathedral donated Payless Shoe Source Gift Cards to the IRC in Wichita. Local church donates Payless Shoes gift cards for refugees coming to Wichita in August 2016. ![]()
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