Wrapped shoeboxes overflow a pickup truck bed and tables in a garage before being delivered to Title I schools, Boys and Girls Clubs, the Salvation Army and Frazee Dream Center and other organizations. The Christmas Shoes’ volunteers collected more than 1,300 shoes this year.

Friends collect Christmas shoes

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Cheryl Carpenter’s father grew up poor – Kenneth Coates didn’t want to see children wear hand-me-down shoes as he did.

When Carpenter had her first child, Coates frequently bought new shoes.

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