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Kayley Wibholm and Aurora Wiedemann deliver clothing items to Sunset Heights Elementary School recently. The Webster City High School National Honor Society chapter is holding a shoe drive to raise funds to give back to the district and the community. The clothing items will be distributed to students in need this winter.

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Collection boxes like these are set up at the Webster City High School and other locations in the community to collect gently used shoes, part of a fundraising drive being conducted by the National Honor Society.

Collection boxes like these are set up at the Webster City High School and other locations in the community to collect gently used shoes, part of a fundraising drive being conducted by the National Honor Society.

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Charlie Stansfield delivered clothing items to Pleasant View Elementary School. Michelle Thompson accepted the items for the school.

A pair of gently worn shoes that you no longer need could help benefit a drive sponsored by the Webster City High School National Honor Society.

A shoe drive is currently underway and the NHS students would like local residents to donate unused shoes to the cause.

“The students were looking for a way to give back to the community and this was a project that no one’s done here before,” said NHA advisor Karen Daniels. Sneakers, loafers, sandals and other footwear in all sizes from child to adult are being accepted, as long as they are gently worn, in good condition or new, according to Daniels.

Charlie Stansfield delivered clothing items to Pleasant View Elementary School. Michelle Thompson accepted the items for the school.

The high school organization is working with Funds2Org, to collect at least 2,500 pounds of shoes. Funds2Org then arranges to pick up the donated items and pay the organization based on the weight of the donations. The bonus factor is that the shoes are then shipped to developing countries to create job opportunities. According to its website, Funds2Orgs helps provide inventory to over 4,000 micro-entrepreneurs who sell the shoes to support their families.

Those interested in donating shoes can drop them off at several locations around Hamilton County. Donation boxes are set up at Fuller Hall, First StateBank, the Webster City daycare centers, Fareway, the Webster City Fire Station, Abens Realty, Stratford Elementary School and Webster City High School. Donations will be accepted for about 4 more weeks, according to Daniels.

The funds raised from the shoe drive will go right back into the community, she said.

The NHS students have already donated mittens, hats, shoes, leggings and other items to local elementary schools.

“We’re seeing a need as the weather gets colder,” Daniels said.

The group also hopes to make a donation to the Backpack Program and donate paper goods to Upper Des Moines Opportunity.

National Honor Society donating clothes to Sunset Heights. Money raised from the Shoe Drive and the “Run through the Crowd” is helping our students of WCCS. Thank you to everyone that is helping out with our program of “Giving Back” to students in our community.

Daniels said the NHS students are also holding a food drive to benefit the local food pantries.