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Dream=Shoes=Water

merle September 25, 2013

George Hutchings - The Shoeman with Jody holding the bag containing the 5,000th pair of shoes
George Hutchings – The Shoeman with Jody holding the bag containing the 5,000th pair of shoes
Shoe line - passing the bags of shoes to load the truck
Shoe line – passing the bags of shoes to load the truck
Stuffing the truck
Stuffing the truck
From Tina to Pastor Tim to Dave on top of the shoe pile to load the truck
From Tina to Pastor Tim to Dave on top of the shoe pile to load the truck

Members of First United Methodist Church of West Chicago had the dream of collecting 5,000 pairs of shoes for the Shoeman Water Project, founded by George Hutchings. They reached their goal. Hutchings brought a truck from St. Louis and members loaded the truck. the shoes are sold to an exporter, who resells them to small business. The money from the  sale of the shoes is used for clean water in poor countries such as Kenya and Haiti.

_photos courtesy of Judi Horsley-First United Methodist Church).

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