Joe's Shoe Shipping Fund

This is a donation option we created to honor our dear friend Joe, who unexpectedly passed away in March of 2022.  Joe was passionate about showing the love of the Lord to all he met.  After visiting central America on mission trips, he fell in love with the people of El Salvador and was stricken by the fact that many of the children there do not have shoes.  Since that time, he collected over 10,000 pairs of new and like new shoes to donate to those children.  He also continually talked to others about visiting and experiencing the love the El Salvadorian people showered on him during his trips there.  One of those people was Jacob's Dad, Brian. He began accompanying Joe on those trips in 2015 and he was changed forever, also falling in love with the sweet people of El Salvador.  Each year, Joe upped his goal of shoes to donate, utilizing his photography client base - a large network of preschools.  Initially, those going with Joe on the mission trip loaded up huge suitcases with shoe