FN and Two Ten Foundation celebrated an all-star group of game-changing women at the “Women Who Rock” event, held in collaboration with Two Ten Footwear Foundation at The Plaza Hotel in New York City on Wednesday night. The powerful panel was moderated by FN executive editor Katie Abel, and featured Olympian-turned-entrepreneur Allyson Felix, Birdies’ CEO … Read More
Two Ten Footwear Foundation is delighted to announce a new grant program aimed at supporting industry employees who want to pursue skills-focused training or obtain professional certifications to advance their careers. Starting this fall we’ll be conducting a pilot project offering a limited number “Two Ten Opportunity Grants” for upskilling and professional development. The first … Read More
Originally posted on Feb. 11, 2022 by Katie Able, Footwear News. Two Ten’s WIFI Group is back in action with a series of diversity-focused virtual panels. For the first discussion, a group of power players gathered on Thursday for ‘Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion: How to Make It a Priority at Work.” The panelists included Rosalind … Read More
June recently turned 85. Her husband of 59 years spent his career making and selling shoes until he passed away a few years ago. That coupled with Covid wiped out her savings and left her on the verge of homelessness. She turned to her friends at Atlanta Shoe Market who gave her a job and encouraged … Read More
Evan had been a retail worker at a local shoe store for several years, but his life changed dramatically last July when his sister was diagnosed with Leukemia. He was forced to take a leave of absence to care for her, and due to the expensive medical bills and having to miss work, he was … Read More
Fiorella, a footwear employee in Florida, had trouble keeping up with her bills after her daughter landed in the hospital. The single mom faced mounting medical bills and was unable to work while caring for her daughter. Under stress and threatened with eviction, she called Two Ten for help. “It’s amazing that people care about … Read More
Victoria, a new mom from Tennessee, had trouble keeping up with her bills after she had her daughter in January. When her car suddenly needed major repairs she couldn’t afford, she was unable to get to work and knew she was going to be short on her rent for the month. That’s when she called … Read More
When Carolynn, a footwear employee in Kentucky, came down with Covid and could not get paid for the time she had to take off, she quickly got behind on her car payment and utilities. That’s when she called Two Ten for help. “Two Ten helped me when I was stressing after contracting COVID which we … Read More
Robin has been working in footwear for over 20 years and she met her husband at a shoe show when she was just 20 years old. He was an independent shoe salesman who had worked in the industry for over 50 years before he suffered a heart attack. When Robin’s husband passed away in February, … Read More
Judith, a shoe store manager in Michigan, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and needed time off work to recover from multiple rounds of treatments as she battled the disease. It quickly became clear that her short-term disability wasn’t going to cover her bills. That’s when she called Two Ten for help. “I was just diagnosed … Read More
After her mother was diagnosed with cancer, Amanda, a footwear merchandising manager in Navada, became her primary caregiver. After a few months, the medical expenses took over and she began to fall behind on her rent and car payments. She was barely keeping herself afloat when her mother passed away and she was not prepared … Read More
Two Ten Footwear Foundation, the national charitable foundation of the U.S. footwear industry, announced its annual signature event will be held on June 6, 2022 at Pier Sixty on the Hudson River in New York City. Following three postponements due to the COVID pandemic, the industry’s longest running event will return with a freshly reimagined … Read More
TWO TEN BETS BIG ON GALA Two Ten Footwear Foundation’s focus remains on the unprecedented level of requests for assistance that have poured in since March Originally posted by Footwear Plus on February 1, 2022 – by Greg Dutter Shawn Osborne, president, Two Ten The pandemic is far from over, and Two Ten Footwear Foundation’s focus … Read More
Originally Posted by Footwear News Magazine, by Barbara Schneider-Levy When a single mom from Louisiana was forced to relocate to a hotel out of state due to Hurricane Ida, it took just 48 hours for Two Ten Footwear Foundation to issue her an e-check so she could pay her bill. As the rate of natural disasters … Read More
This year, the Two Ten Footwear Foundation provided all qualifying scholarship applicants with a free one-year membership to Scholly, the #1 college scholarship app in the world. Scholly reduces the scholarship search process from months to minutes by matching students with unique opportunities. After filling out a quick 5-minute profile, Scholly’s algorithm compares the profile to thousands of active scholarships, … Read More
Convert your unwanted inventory into emergency financial funds to help footwear families who are in crisis right now.
Your participation in our Two Ten Share Your Shoes product donation program will help us respond to rapidly increasing industry need for hardship and crisis relief by generating the financial aid needed for thousands of footwear families who are struggling to make ends meet.
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