Raphael and Aron Harpaz packing boxes of shoes

Thank you to the Emanuel community for your generous response and contributions to the shoe collection.  We managed to collect approximately 2700 pairs of used and sometimes brand new shoes to send to communities in Tanzania.

Last week, a volunteer from the organisation Shoes for Planet Earth, drove from Melbourne to Sydney to collect the truck load of shoes, which will be added to the collection in Melbourne, and finally sent off to Tanzania.

On behalf of Shoes for Planet Earth, we would like to express our gratitude to the Emanuel families and to let the community know that a smaller collection is now taking place for school age sized shoes, to be sent to Stewart school in Sydney. We would be grateful for donations of school and sport shoes, in good condition, clean and tied together. The school requires 300 pairs of shoes to distribute to local students.

Please email Simone at simonejoffe@gmail.com to arrange collection.

Simone Joffe

Mother of Aron in Year 6 and Raphael in Year 4