The Tide 4th Annual Your Soles ~ Their Souls Shoe Drive Sponsored by Cubes Storage Solutions of Chambersburg
January 2 – March 31
Our 2025 Shoe Drive has officially started! Be sure to scroll down the page to find a Community Collection site or Church service-time collection near you.
Shoes may also be dropped off year-round at The Tide office.
Stop by Monday – Friday from 9-4 or call ahead to be sure we in.
How it works:
Each year The Tide ministry collects new and gently used shoes to fund Literacy classes in India. The shoes collected benefit microbusinesses in developing countries around the world.
Through a community effort, new or gently worn shoes are collected and donated to The Tide ministry. Our partnering organization picks up the shoes at the end of the drive and sends us money for them. The funds collected are used for The Tide Gospel Outreach Literacy Classes in India. Our ‘boots on the ground’ team in India use Biblically based material in the classes, exposing the students to the Gospel as they learn!
Our partnering organization supports micro-enterprise in 26 developing countries around the world, which is where the shoes end up. Entrepreneurs in these countries are offered the opportunity to take a 5-part micro-enterprise course that teaches them how to run a business. Once they have successfully completed all 5 modules, they are given 150 pairs of shoes to start their own microbusiness. Both the classes and initial shoes are at no charge to them. Our partners call this “a hand up, not a handout.” Once they have sold about 6-8 pairs of the shoes, they have usually earned enough to purchase another 150 pairs to keep their business going. This allows the business owners to take a step out of poverty and provide for their families at no risk to them.
Get involved!
– Become a community drop-off location
– Promote Shoe Drive and collect shoes
– Donate your new/gently used shoes
Email events@thetide.org to discuss setting up a collection site at your location.
We would like to thank our 2025 Collection sites.
(Contact events@thetide.org if you would like to collect at your location!)
Community Collection sites:
Chambersburg, PA
– CCU 800 Norland Ave (February and March)
– CVBA Office 100 Lincoln Way E, Suite A
– Hammer & Stain 31 S. Main Street
– Keller Williams Keystone Realty 1035 Wayne Ave, Suite D
– Nicole Scott, Realtor 1132 Kennebec Dr
– Phoenix Physical Therapy 142 Franklin Farm Ln
– Two Men and a Truck 1011 Wayne Ave
Dillsburg, PA
– Kingdom Focused Financial 129 Harrisburg St
Greencastle, PA
– A Plus Settlement Services, Inc 17A W Baltimore Street
– The Center of Balance, LLC 25 N Jefferson Ave
Hagerstown, PA
– OSRKKA Academy, Inc 241 Prospect Ave
Lancaster area, PA (locations needed)
Mechanicsburg, PA
– McBIC 1050 S York St
– Rhema Creationz 520 W Simpson Street (Sat 9AM -2PM and Sun 3-5PM)
Mercersburg, PA
– Burrough of Mercersburg Tax Collector 212 N. Main Street (side porch)
Mountville, PA
– Horizon Kitchens 1855 Stony Battery Rd #2
Shippensburg, PA
– Branch Creek Place 115 N Fayette St
– Glow Getter Studio, LLC 9 W King Street
– Lux+ Real Estate 9974 Molly Pitcher Hwy #1
Waynesboro, PA
– James Shoes 76 W Main St
– Elite Martial Arts 250 N Church St
Churches collecting shoes at service times:
(January 2nd – March 31st unless otherwise noted)
Chambersburg, PA
– Air Hill BIC
– Chambersburg Mennonite
– New Guilford BIC
– Salem UB
– West Side BIC
Elizabethtown, PA
– Conoy BIC
Fairfield, PA
– Iron Springs BIC
Greencastle, PA
– Greencastle Baptist
– Cornerstone Bible (January 2nd – February 9th)
Hagerstown, MD
– Paramount BIC (March)
Harrisburg, PA
– LifePoint Church
Howard, PA
– Marsh Creek BIC
Marion, PA
– Marion First United Methodist
Mercersburg, PA
– Mt. Tabor BIC (January 26th – February 16th)
McKnightstown, PA
– Peace Light BIC
Mt. Joy, PA
– Mt. Pleasant BIC
Newburg, PA
– Blue Mountain BIC
– Mowersville BIC
Shippensburg, PA
– Mt. Rock BIC
Waynesboro, PA
– Hollowell BIC
– Fairview Ave BIC
– Five Forks BIC
York, PA
– Stony Brook Mennonite
Internal Collection Sites:
Bethlehem, PA
– School
Carlisle, PA
– The Rooted Homeschool Co-op
Chambersburg, PA
– Healthy Communities Partnership
Mechanicsburg, PA
– Union Flats