Latest Updates From Our 100 Women

Through a lot of sadness came something extremely positive.  In June, I lost my little 7 year old pomeranian, Linus.  He was my greatest companion and inspired me to arrange a wonderful fund raising campaign.  Beginning in July, my office at Northwest Savings Bank began the “Dog Days of Summer” Events included refreshments, hot dog [...]

Thanks you so much.  Our 100 pairs of Crocs were delivered to Clothes To Kids at the end of November.  In our January newsletter that goes out to all of our volunteers and donors, we posted our challenge.  “Help us meet or exceed the Crocs donation of 100 shoes”.  We had an amazing response from the community [...]

This video celebrates Lancaster Creative Factory’s Create O’Crocs Day, Girls on the Run, and closing at Millersville University’s Ware Center display of the O’Crocs Window of Awareness.  Check it out! Have I reached my goals to raise awareness?  It is hard to measure our effectiveness.  This is what I do know. The Lancaster newspaper article [...]

My journey is almost complete.  The 100 Women 100 Shoes experience has been a part of my life since the first e-mail from the “O” Team in August.   I will miss deadlines, phone calls and the “busy” planning that was both fun and satisfying.  With any project, there are so many people to thank. [...]

“For many of our clients in the Congo, this will be their only pair of good and comfortable shoes,” said First Step Initiative Executive Director Chingwell Mutombu at the opening of the first annual fundraising luncheon. “As business owners, many of our women walk countless miles every single day … most of the women travel [...]

Kathryn Levato decided to take The Sole Challenge.  She is 11 and in July, she was in a local art festival selling her first ever self published book (that she illustrated) and her handmade origami hoop earrings.  The earrings are really pretty and each hoop takes 46 origami folded pieces of paper to make one [...]

  Hello, Roberta:  Thank you for installing the 100 Women/100 Shoes Challenge sculpture at the Ware Center. It looked absolutely spectacular in our lobby – – especially when hit with theatrical lighting. I  can’t tell you the number of people who stopped by to see it simply because they heard about it or they saw [...]