SKECHERS donates shoes to help Philippines typhoon victims

California-based SKECHERS USA Inc sent more than 200,000 pairs of new shoes to support the children affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. This was achieved through the company’s charitable shoe programme, ‘BOBS from SKECHERS’ and it marked the company’s sixth million-pair milestone since the BOBS brand was launched in 2011.

Working with donation partner Soles 4 Souls, nine containers with 213,000 pairs of shoes were delivered during the first two weeks of December, thanks to the support of several other charitable organisations.
The Typhoon Haiyan shoe donation is SKECHERS' latest contribution to families affected by disaster. Other recent events include donations for the survivors of Hurricane Sandy, the Oklahoma tornado and the Haiti earthquake. BOBS is said to also regularly donate footwear to more than 30 countries worldwide, as well as to communities in need in the USA.

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This article was originally published on page 3 of the January 2014 issue of SATRA Bulletin.

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