Have You Bought a New Pair of Shoes This Year?

Have you bought a new pair of shoes this year?  This month?  How about this week?  Raleigh Juniors are no strangers to shoe shopping, so why not do it for a great cause, right?

In keeping with the GFWC Recruitment Campaign slogan, “Membership – The ‘Sole’ of the Federation,” JWC of Raleigh celebrated each new member who joined during the 2012-2013 club year by donating a pair of shoes to Interact, a local non-profit organization that provides safety, support, and awareness to victims and survivors of domestic violence and rape/sexual assault.  At the beginning of the club year, all interested members of the club signed up to participate and have their names submitted for a drawing.  As each new member was voted into the club, she drew a name of one of those existing members, and that clubwoman donated a pair of new women’s or children’s shoes.

Then, the shoes came marching in!  Everything from tiny knitted baby booties to high-heeled leather boots and light-up kids’ tennis shoes to bright red sassy pumps.  At the end of the year, JWC of Raleigh welcomed 25 new clubwomen, but the members could not stop giving and donated 34 new pairs of shoes to InterAct!  They will sell the shoes at their Pass It On, Too thrift store to help cover costs of counseling services for families impacted by domestic violence and rape/sexual assault.  To find out more about InterAct, click here to learn more about their critically important services and ways you can help.

This membership initiative was an exciting way to celebrate new members, engage existing members, and most importantly, impact the community by contributing to a worthy and relevant cause.  Seeing all of the shoes also served as a visible reminder of all of the enthusiastic new members who had joined!  Can’t wait to see what this year’s membership initiative will be!  Interested in becoming a member of JWC of Raleigh?  Click here for more information.