Crocs For Orphan Tots: June 2008

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Pictures of your kids playing in their Crocs!

DeLuca in her first pair of Crocs! How cute are they?

I would love to see and post pictures of you or your children wearing their Crocs this summer. If you have pictures in your Crocs and don't mind sharing them just email me the picture and I would love to share it on this blog. No names will be included unless you would like them to be. You can email me at twizzledesigns [at] msn.com and I will share them.

Have a great summer!

Attention all Parents!

Summer has arrived and the heat is on. I know many of you have children wearing Crocs this summer. At the end of summer when those Crocs have had a lot of use remeber that they can then be donated to our project and they can bring year round use to a child in need in the Congo, Africa. So keep us in mind and at the end of summer please drop them off or send them to this project and they will go directly to a child in need of shoe in the Congo. For drop off locations please see this link and if there are no drop off locations near you and you would like to be a drop off location just leave a comment on this posting or comment on the facebook group wall. Remember that if you cannot afford to help with the shipping of the crocs just contact us and we will help with shipping.

About The Project

Purpose: To provide durable footwear/shoes in the form of used (or new) Crocs or Croc-like shoes for 200 orphans and school children in need in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa. Orphans range in age from 3-18y/o, so we can use all sizes of Crocs.

2007: We took over 10 pairs of crocs last year and they are still holding up. The director of the orphanage contacted us and told us that they are the best shoes they have ever had and the orphans are so happy to have them.

Next Trip: Dec 2008 is the next planned trip to the orphanage. The plan is to spend New Years with the children of the orphanage.

The last trip in April 2008 was a great success despite the luggage and crocs not arriving until the team was already on their way home. 135 crocs were transported over to the children with this particular trip. Many projects were worked on and there was a lot of work done on assessing need and developing new project plans to meet those needs. See PROLASA's web site for details.

There was supposed to be a trip in Oct 2007, but war and unrest in the area was to blame for the cancellation of that trip.

How many pairs have been collected for the next shipment? 665 pairs and counting.

Total pairs collected to date? 756 pairs and counting.

Who are we working with? Two non profit organizations PROLASA Canada and International Childrens Care in the USA. Both organizations are working together to help provide medical care, housing, food, education and clothing to these orphans.