Shelby Leonard-Watt Selected As Local Coordinator For Peterborough Chapter Of The Shoebox Project
/Peterborough’s Shelby Leonard-Watt, co-owner of Save Our Soles, has been selected as the Local Coordinator for the Peterborough Chapter of The Shoebox Project for Women.
The Showbox Project, founded in 2011 in Toronto, collects and distributes gifts in the form of Shoeboxes to women at-risk of homelessness in Canada and the United States. It formed after noticing there were many opportunities to provide gifts to children experiencing homelessness during the holiday season but no such gift drives for their mothers. Wanting to make the holiday season a little brighter for some local women, they decided to ask friends and acquaintances to fill a Shoebox with gifts for the holidays, and it took off from there.
Shelby Leonard-Watt (supplied photo)
Locally, the Shoebox Project will collect and distribute gift-filled Shoeboxes to women in the Peterborough area impacted by homelessness. Each thoughtfully curated and decorated Shoebox is created to share empathy, kindness, and compassion.
“My vision is that we can have an impact on the women in Peterborough and surrounding areas,” says Leonard-Watt. “Starting a Local Chapter is going to be incredibly rewarding but it will only work with your help solemates. Let’s make the Peterborough Chapter of the Shoebox Project the best chapter out there!”
Photo of Shelby via Save our Soles Facebook page
