Your Soles – Their Souls
5th annual shoe drive begins January 2, 2026

Thank you for a Successful 2025 Shoe Drive
We collected a record-breaking 7,550 pairs of shoes and raised over $4,000! Shoes came in from Franklin, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Centre, Mifflin, North Hampton, Lehigh, Adams, Montgomery, and York County in PA and Washington County, MD. The shoes were collected from 22 community collection sites and 6 internal sites.
Special thanks to Cubes Storage Solutions of Chambersburg for their donation of a storage cube to house donated shoes during the 2025 collection!
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
Shoe Drop-Off Sites
Check back in in 2026!
Bethlehem, PA
Internal Collection Sites
- School
Carlisle, PA
Community Sites
- Phoenix PT 1075 Harrisburg Pike, Suite 104
Internal Sites
- The Rooted Homeschool Co-Op
Chambersburg, PA
Community Sites
- 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 PT 142 Franklin Farm Ln
- The Spring Family Church 800 S 4th St (M-Th 7:30-4:30)
- Two Men and a Truck 1011 Wayne Ave
Internal Collection Sites
- Healthy Communities Partnership
- Shalom Christian Academy 2nd Grade Classes
Church Service Sites
Dillsburg, PA
Community Sites
- Kingdom Focused Financial 129 Harrisburg St
Elizabethtown, PA
Church Service Sites
- Conoy BIC (January 2nd – March 9th)
Fairfield, PA
Church Service Sites
Greencastle, PA
Community Sites
- A Plus Settlement Services, Inc 17A W Baltimore Street
- The Center of Balance, LLC 25 N Jefferson Ave
Church Service Sites
- Greencastle Baptist
- Cornerstone Bible (January 2nd – February 9th)
Harrisburg, PA
Church Service Sites
Howard, PA
Church Services Sites
Marion, PA
Church Services Sites
McKnightstown, PA
Church Service Sites
- Peace Light BIC
Mechanicsburg, PA
Community Sites
- McBIC 1050 S York St
- Rhema Creationz 520 W Simpson Street (Sat 9AM -2PM and Sun 3-5PM)
Internal Sites
Mercersburg, PA
Community Sites
- Borough of Mercersburg Tax Collector 212 N. Main Street (side porch)
Church Service Sites
- Mt. Tabor BIC (January 26th – February 16th)
Mountville, PA
Community Sites
- Horizon Kitchens, 1855 Stony Battery Rd #2
Mt. Joy, PA
Church Service Sites
Newburg, PA
Church Services Sites
Schwenksville, PA
Church Services Sites
- NEXT Community (March)
Shippensburg, PA
Community Sites
- Branch Creek Place, 115 N Fayette St
- Glow Getter Studio, LLC 9 W King Street
- Lux+ Real Estate, 9974 Molly Pitcher Hwy #1
Church Service Sites
Waynesboro, PA
York, PA
Church Services Sites