Sports charity comes to Calgary to help offset the cost of running shoes
By mid-afternoon on Sunday, the charity had collected just one pair of used shoes during a Dinos track meet outside the Jack Simpson gym at the University of Calgary. That was until a mother, Lianna Thorburn, donated to the charity nearly two dozen pairs of shoes previously used by her two sons.
Thorburn believes that while running can be expensive, the ReRun program can help kids stay on the track. “Running shoes can still be a hundred bucks, a hundred and fifty bucks, and up to two hundred dollars for a really good pair,” Thorburn says.“So, if a child can actually use these ones again, then it’s definitely going to make it a lot more accessible for them.”Executive director Paula McKenzie believes that by bringing in more shoes, more kids can be introduced to track and field.
Lightly used to new shoes can be donated at The Tech Shop and Strides Running Store locations in Calgary.
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