2024 Back to School Shoe Drive to Help Local Kids in Need

Posted on July 8, 2024

No kid should have to go back to school with shoes full of holes or NO SHOES AT ALL!

We are once again teaming with Country Financial Representative Melissa Isenburg to collect new athletic style shoes for kids from kindergarten through 12th grade. Our goal is to collect at least 300 pairs of new shoes to distribute to children in need locally.

You can drop off the new shoes at Melissa’s office at
2203 Eastland Drive, Suite 4 in Bloomington
or the Cumulus Media Bloomington Studios & Offices at
236 Greenwood Avenue in Bloomington

While these shoes do not need to be in a box, they do need to be new. If they are not in a box, please connect them by tying the laces to each other to keep matching pairs together.

If it makes things easier for you, we will have people at Denny’s Doughnuts and Bakery (1107 S Main St, Bloomington) each Thursday morning listed below to collect your shoe donations OR monetary donations that will be used to buy shoes.

Thursday, July 11th – 7am to 10am
Thursday, July 18th – 7am to 10am
Thursday, July 25th – 7am to 10am
Thursday, August 1st – 7am to 10am

If it is more convenient for you, you can donate through a Venmo account that Melissa Isenburg has set up. Her user name is @Melissa-Isenburg16. Scan the QR Code below to donate…

Scan QR Code to make a donation through Venmo for the Back to School Shoe Drive

Together we can help local kids in need go back to school with new shoes to wear with Country Financial Representative Melissa Isenburg and Cumulus Media Bloomington-Normal.

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