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About This Fundraiser

  • Shoes collected to serve the underprivileged while raising money for pediatric cancer research
  • Shoes are cleaned before being distributed throughout the world
  • Shoes need to be in PAIRS  (matching mates only)
  • New or Used Shoes Accepted – NO TEARS OR HOLES either tied together or held with an elastic band
  • Shoes may be athletic, dress, baby, casual, etc. but no flip flops or slippers
  • Our organization is paid a small fee based on the total weight of all the shoes collected.
  • More Shoes Collected = Successful Fundraiser ! 

Current Drop Off Locations
CARLSTADT, NJ - Private Residence@ 520 7th St. (drop off on front porch)
HARRISON, NJ - Farmers Insurance - 208 Harrison Ave.
HAWTHORNE,NJ - Farmers Insurance- 316 Lafayette Ave. 2nd fl.
LODI, NJ - Iron Region CrossFit- 95 Dell Glen Ave 
MONROE, NJ - Salon527 1989 Englishtown Road
OAK RIDGE, NJ - 30 Circle Drive - Private residence - Porch Drop Off
SADDLE BROOK. NJ -Helen I Smith School- 30 Cambridge Ave.
TOTOWA, NJ - Midas - 465 Rt 46 West
WALDWICK, NJ -Private Residence@ 112 Wyckoff Avenue
  (Bins located under covered porch in driveway located on Monroe St. )
WOOD RIDGE, NJ - Catherine E. Doyle School, 250 Wood Ridge Ave.
        Coming Soon‼ Assumption Church, Dates to be Announced
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  Pediatric Cancer Facts and Why We Fundraise
  • Pediatric cancers are the least researched of all cancers
  • Most funding is done by pediatric cancer families
  • Over 15,000 kids will be diagnosed with cancer in the next 365 days
  • Cancer kills more than 2,500 children in our country every year.
  • The Nation Cancer Institute allocates about 4% of its annual budget to Pediatric Cancers.
  • The average age at diagnosis is 6 years old, while adults’ average age for cancer diagnosis is 66
American Cancer Society, Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Statistics, 2014
  • The incidence of childhood cancer is on the increase, averaging 0.6% increase per year since mid 1970’s resulting in an overall increase of 24% over the last 40 years
  • 1 in 285 children will be diagnosed with cancer in 2014
  • 43 children per day or 15,780 children per year are expected to be diagnosed in 2014 with cancer (10,450 ages 0 to 14, and 5,330 ages 15 to 19)
  • Childhood cancer is not one disease – there are 16 major types of pediatric cancers and over 100 subtypes.
  • The average 5 year survival rate for childhood cancers when considered as a whole is 83%.
  • Survival rates can range from almost 0% for cancers such as DIPG, a type of brain cancer, to as high as 90% for the most common type of childhood cancer known as Acute Lymphoma Leukemia (ALL).
  • The average survival rate not including children with ALL is 80%.
  • In 2010 there were 379,112 childhood cancer survivors in the United States.
  • Approximately 1 in 530 young adults between the ages of
 20 years and 39 years is a survivor of childhood cancers.
 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, (JAMA. 2013:309 [22]: 2371-2381)
  • More than 95% of childhood cancer survivors will have a significant health related issue by the time they are 45 years of age (2); these health related issues are side-effects of either the cancer or more commonly, the result of its treatment. 1/3 rd. will suffer severe and chronic side effects; 1/3rd will suffer moderate to severe health problems; and 1/3rd will suffer slight to moderate side effects. (2)
American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • Cancer survival rates vary not only depending upon the type of cancer, but also upon individual factors attributable to each child.