[Green] Donate your old shoes to Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action's climate shoe strike project!

[Rebecca Phillips]

Glad that the church is a drop-off site! I have a pair to leave.

Rebecca

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."-- Cicero

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From: Green <green-bounces at fuusm.org> on behalf of Adeline Bailey via Green <green at fuusm.org>
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Subject: [Green] Donate your old shoes to Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action's climate shoe strike project!


Hello, Green friends,

Many of you have already received a notice requesting your help for this project planned by Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action (MOVCA):

"MOVCA needs your help!" said Aaron Dunbar, MOVCA leadership team member. "We plan to participate in a climate shoe strike on July 25th in Parkersburg. Maybe we could even repeat this action in other locations, like relocate it to Marietta one week after we've done Parkersburg. The idea is that since we can’t assemble in person due to COVID-19, we can instead use pairs of shoes to represent citizens concerned about climate change, as well as future generations who have no voice with which to protest. This only works if we get enough shoes to have an impact, and we need your donations to make that happen. Our plan is to donate any wearable shoes to a local charity, and recycle the rest."

MOVCA is setting up drop-off sites for donated shoes in Parkersburg at the First Christian Church parking lot (1400 Washington Ave.) and in the courtyard area at the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Marietta (232 Third St.)

With provisional approval from the Board of Trustees, Mike and I have placed a plastic bin near the basement door to the RE/Office Building. We put a print-out of Aaron Dunbar's poster (copy attached) on the bin so you can easily identify it. Since the bin is not really waterproof, we put a plastic bag inside to hold any shoe donations. We'll be checking it at least twice a week, so please fill up the bag in the bin with any old shoes you no longer need. If the Parkersburg drop-off location is more convenient for you, please use it instead.

MOVCA really appreciates any help you can provide for this project. Donations will be accepted until July 23rd, but if we can do a Marietta shoe strike the next week, we may leave the bin in place a little longer.

Thanks so much,

Adeline (and Mike)



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