UWM colleges, schools and the UWM Libraries are joining a back-to-school shoe drive, hoping to provide repaired and spruced up shoes for Milwaukee Public School students before classes start in the fall.
Gently used shoes may be placed in bins located in the lobby of Enderis Hall, the NWQ, Golda Meir Library and Mellencamp Hall. A local shoe repair shop will refurbish the shoes, which will be distributed to Milwaukee school students in August.
Jacarrie Carr started the shoe drive two years ago as a student in Educational Policy and Community Studies when he saw many children going to school with holes in their shoes. Last year, he collected nearly 1,000 pairs of shoes with the help of the School of Education and Pi Lambda Theta, the education honor society.
Carr graduated in December, but he is continuing the drive. This year, the College of Health Sciences, the College of Nursing and UWM Libraries have joined the project.
