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Behind the Sole: Jessica Yonker
Everyone has an intriguing story. Some people can tell tales of when they grew up, others are stoked on their current situation and opportunities while the rest keep working towards what they can (or...
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Helping In Our Own Backyard
Today’s blog post is written by Soles4Souls’ new CEO, Buddy Teaster: We often talk about Soles4Souls being a “Nashville based charity,” and while that’s true, it’s not the entire story. About 300...
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One Life, One Person and One Shoe at a Time
Today’s post is from Soles4Souls’ CEO, Buddy Teaster: We recently had the opportunity to work with the National Shoe Retailers Association at their annual meeting. The NSRA provided more than 120...
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It Is Easier to Give Than to Ask
Today’s blog is from Soles4Souls’ CEO, Buddy Teaster: Every week we get hundreds of emails through our “info@soles4souls.org” email address. They cover everything from “how do I donate shoes” to “how...
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Merry Christmas!
Usually I focus my weekly post on the work we’re privileged to do for so many people. I’d like to take some time to recognize, honor and thank all the great people who work at Soles4Souls. This is...
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Are You One of “Those People?”
Today’s post is from Soles4Souls’ CEO, Buddy Teaster: I’m a big fan of Seth Godin (writer, marketer, strategist) and his daily blog. I’m awestruck at the fact that he puts out such thought provoking...
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Soles4Souls and Project Homeless Connect
Today’s post is from Soles4Souls’ CEO, Buddy Teaster: The Soles4Souls blog continually highlights people and shoe distributions all around the world. We have written about Haiti, Tanzania, and Honduras...
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Book Recommendation: Here If You Need Me
Today’s blog post is from Soles4Souls’ CEO, Buddy Teaster: If you had to come up with a concept for a book, you probably couldn’t do much worse than “a middle aged woman’s husband is killed in a car...
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My Take on Dan Pallotta’s “TED Talk”
Today’s blog post is from Soles4Souls’ CEO, Buddy Teaster: There’s been a lot of buzz this past week about a TED talk from Dan Pallotta, titled “The Way We Think About Charity Is Dead Wrong.”...
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Diverse Partners = More Opportunities
Today’s blog post is from Soles4Souls’ CEO, Buddy Teaster: This past week I had the chance to talk with a whole range of people, companies and organizations that support Soles4Souls in so many...
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Why Our Micro-Enterprise Program Matters
Today’s blog post is from Soles4Souls’ CEO, Buddy Teaster: I have to admit to being a little bit of a policy geek. I like to think and talk about what needs to be in place to make a program like...
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For today’s “Rockstar Donor” feature, we’re going take a look at some of the incredibly creative, entertaining and inspiring videos our donors have made. Are you ready? These little girls (with big...
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Nashville’s Haiti Summit
Today’s blog post is from Soles4Souls’ CEO, Buddy Teaster: I’m often proud of the work we do with all of you. Soles4Souls is and has been a vehicle for tens of thousands of people to find their own...
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Haiti: How Soles4Souls Is Making a Sustainable Impact
Today’s blog post is from Soles4Souls’ CEO, Buddy Teaster: As we just passed the three year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, it’s still pretty hard to say if things are better....
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Portfolios of the Poor: Living on Less Than $1 a Day
Today’s post is from Soles4Souls’ CEO, Buddy Teaster: One of the things that continues to amaze and surprise me is the incredible amount of topics about which I know nothing. That is one of the main...
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The Ripple Effect: From New Shoes, to a Marathon, to the CAC Games
Today’s post is from Soles4Souls’ CEO, Buddy Teaster: It’s almost a cliché, but one of the most beautiful things about helping others is you never never know where it leads…or where it stops. And that...
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Syria: 50,000 People Leaving Each Week
Today’s post is from Soles4Souls’ CEO, Buddy Teaster: I try to keep up with world events. I read the Economist, listen to NPR and have my google homepage set to find stories of national and...
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Moore, OK Is On The Mend…But It’s Far From Over
Today’s post is from Soles4Souls’ CEO, Buddy Teaster: This past Saturday, Soles4Souls partnered with Academy Sport + Outdoors and Feed The Children to distribute shoes, clothes and household items to...
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Don’t Pass On An Opportunity to Listen
Today’s blog is from Soles4Souls’ CEO, Buddy Teaster: One of the things I do outside work is run, mostly long distances. Recently, I received as a gift a terrific piece of running gear that has made...
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Give and Take: Definitely One To Read
Today’s post is from Soles4Souls’ CEO, Buddy Teaster: I am mostly finished with a really terrific book called Give and Take by Adam Grant. While the subtitle “A Revolutionary Approach to Success”...
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