
Birkenstock President David Kahan Will Receive Two Ten A.A. Bloom Award
Recognizing extraordinary service to improve the lives of shoepeople.
Recognizing extraordinary service to improve the lives of shoepeople.
Today’s volunteer activities launched with the theme “Getting People Back on Their Feet.”
The Two Ten Footwear Foundation earns a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator for the second year in a row.
NST Donates $1M for Scholarship Fund
A lot done, more to do. That’s how Two Ten President Neal Newman summarizes week three of the organization’s month-long lineup of service projects as part of #FootwearCares. “While we recognize that the communities and organizations we are supporting are grateful for our help, we also know that in many cases we are just scratching the surface of what is really required to make a difference,” he says.
Two Ten continued its month-long bonanza of community service projects last week as part of #FootwearCares. April 7 found the FDRA working with SOME (So Others Might Eat) to serve lunch to 400 homeless people in Washington, DC.
Two Ten‘s expanded lineup of service projects as part of April’s National Footwear Cares Month kicked off this week and organizers say it’s surpassing all expectations.
Two Ten Footwear Foundation has elected two new officers and six new members to its 2014-2015 Board of Directors. Leading the new board will be Chairman Blake Krueger, CEO and president of Wolverine Worldwide, and Vice-Chair Diane Sullivan, president and CEO of Brown Shoe Company. New board members include David Bensadoun of Aldo, Timberland’s Patrik Frisk, Dave Grange of Lacoste, Scott Meden from Nordstrom, Liz Rodbell of The Hudson’s Bay Company, and Shoe Carnival’s Clifton Sifford.
Two Ten Footwear Foundation this week announced The Footwear Warrior Scholarship Fund, developed exclusively for military veterans in or returning to the footwear industry and made possible by an endowment fund launched by Quabaug Corporation, Vibram and the Donahue family with an initial committment of $125,000. The fund is donation driven with a goal of $250,000, which will yield an estimated $12,500 in scholarships on a yearly basis.
National Shoe Retailers Association (NSRA) is continuing its mission to improve the business performance of its members by last week announcing a new partnership with Two Ten Footwear Foundation to extend the charity’s services and financial assistance to independent footwear retailers across the United States.
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