Could we organize "shoe drive" for the poor to express solidarity with Iraqis?

[zazen]

It's about a more constructive, less violent way to show we despise our President too, but over here we've got the privilege of not having had our friends tortured and enough relative wealth as a country to express ourselves in a way that lifts more people up.

I don't know if shelters have shoe drives like they have coat drives. Just a thought. Any takers?

[Warpy]

1. I already give serviceable shoes I can't wear to the charity thrift shop

My other shoes are two qualities: pristine and too funky for words.

I'd consider shying the latter at Stupid if they weren't also the more comfortable of the lot.

[zazen]

2. yeah, I do too--it'd just be good to track 1 million donations in one public, group way

No donating of the funky ones, as you say. Buying pristine ones for kids, certainly.

I just like the in your face nature of being able to simultaneously buy lots of poor kids (and some of their parents) new shoes while demonstrating en masse that we are expressing solidarity with the suffering inflicted on the Iraqis by this miserable man and his puppet masters.

I'm no web wizard, but if DU is organizing another charity drive, I hope they will take this one under consideration, seeing as they have an immediate audience of over 100K.