Edgewood Baptist Church Completes Shoe Drive!

This morning ACF was blessed to be able to go to one of the Illinois churches supporting our 2016 Project Respond humanitarian aid drive and pick up the shoes their congregation collected during the month of March.

Edgewood Baptist Church in Rock Island, Illinois decided that collecting shoes for the children we serve in Romania was a great idea. Church deacon, Jason Crosby connected ACF Director Tim Oloffson and Pastor Dan Cullett together to discuss the idea. "It was a great partnership" said ACF Director Tim Oloffson. "Pastor Dan and the Edgewood congregation was a delight to work with!"

 Edgewood collected 125 pairs of boys and girls athletic shoes to support ACF's effort to help at-risk and orphaned children in the country of Romania. Each year ACF partners with Shoes for Orphan Souls and sends a 40 ft shipping container full of shoes, socks, school supplies and other humanitarian aid to Romania to relieve some of the needs the people in Romania encounter daily. "It is amazing to see the effects a new pair of shoes can have on a child's attitude," continues Oloffson. "The good news of the Gospel comes alive when the child can see hope in a tangible way."

Another Child Foundation is now looking for people to take part in the annual Project Respond shoe distribution trip scheduled for October 12/23. Anyone wanting information on this life-changing trip can simply CLICK HERE to find more information.

ACF is also looking for other churches and organizations to consider being part of our 2016 Project Respond drive. Participation in our annual drives is so very easy. Below are the 4 easy steps to get started:

1) Notify ACF by calling (815) 303-1725 or emailing ACF at director@anotherchild.org to receive a shoe drive packet

2) Work with your church or organizations leadership to arrange collection dates

3) Promote the drive and collect the shoes or other aid

4) Drop off shoes or other aid at our Celebration Day on July 29.

Below is a video we created from last years Project Respond mission trip which delivered much of the aid we collected.