Advocacy Pillars

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Education Access

Every child deserves the confidence to attend school ready to learn.

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Child Empowerment

We believe children should feel proud, valued, and capable.

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Community Partnerships

Businesses, volunteers, and schools thrive when they work together.

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Sustainable Giving

Giving should create lasting change.

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Mission

The MetroShoe Project is a nonprofit dedicated to providing shoes to children in need, with a focus on restoring dignity and meeting basic needs.

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Vision

A world where no child is held back in school or life because of a lack of basic needs—starting with shoes. We envision empowered children, thriving communities, and a culture of giving where businesses and people work together for lasting change.

Core Values

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Integrity

We act with honesty, transparency, and accountability in everything we do.

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Compassion

We serve with empathy, treating each child and family with dignity and respect.

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Empowerment

We believe every child deserves the opportunity to learn, grow, and succeed.

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Sustainability

We create lasting impact by building strong partnerships and responsible practices that benefit communities long-term.

Goals

Expand shoe distribution to reach more public elementary schools across Oklahoma.

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Grow partnerships with local shoe brands, businesses, and community organizations.

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Build a strong base of volunteers to support events, distributions, and fundraising.

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Scale the program nationally to provide shoes to children in underserved schools across the U.S.

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Develop a network of corporate partners who collaborate to support education and community needs.

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Develop a network of corporate partners who collaborate to support education and community needs.

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Establish MetroShoe Project as a recognized leader in combining business partnerships with community empowerment.

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Continue to evolve beyond shoes to address other essential needs that help children thrive in their education.

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In 2012 MetroShoe Project was founded. Each year we have placed shoes on thousands of Oklahoma school kids each year. Due to “covid” we had to take a break but we are excited to get back into the schools this Fall 2022.

Our non-profit has not only benefitted Oklahoma school kids, when tragedy struck we are thankful for having the infrastructure so that we were able to help. In May of 2013, our state was struck by devastating tornadoes. It occurred to us that our community was in need of assistance that only we could provide. Less than 24 hours after the horrific tornado that ripped through Moore, Oklahoma we were onsite and prepared to put footwear and dry socks on as many victims as possible. A week later we donated over 1500 pairs of shoes. Since that time we have had countless vendors team up with us to give back. Quicksilver, Volcom, Roxy, and Clarks have all donated footwear and apparel to help the families in Oklahoma.

If you want to help out go to our volunteers page!

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The MetroShoe Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by MetroShoe Warehouse. Established in July of 2012, in an effort to give back to the community that has supported our retail stores for over 15 years.

Contact us: metroshoeproject@metroshoewarehouse.com