ONE WORLD RUNNING INC
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Mission Statement
One World Running is an all-volunteer, Boulder, CO-based international non-profit promoting an awareness of health, fitness and nutrition by providing running shoes to those in need in the United States and around the world. We also put on 5K walk/runs to foster an environment of exercise and to increase understanding and goodwill between people. Originally founded in 1986 as Shoes for Africa by marathon runner and author Michael Sandrock after racing and coaching in Cameroon, West Africa, OWR counts among its volunteers runners and non-runners from around the world, ranging in age from 5 to 85. It is headed up by Ana Weir, a nurse who oversees the cleaning and distribution of the donated shoes. OWR volunteers go on service trips to distribute shoes and medical and school supplies, as we often work with schools in various countries.
About This Cause
Since 1986, a group of runners in Boulder, Colorado, has collected, washed and sent to Third World countries, and in the United States, new and “near-new” athletic shoes, T-shirts and shorts, along with medicine and school and art supplies. Shoes for Africa was started after sports journalist Mike Sandrock returned from a coaching and racing trip to Cameroon, West Africa, sponsored by the U.S. Information Agency. Many of the runners from Cameroon ran barefoot (and were still able to beat Sandrock), and afterwards, a group of Boulder elite runners including Lorraine Moller, Steve Jones and Arturo Barrios began shipping shoes to West Africa. Since then our ever-growing group of volunteers around the nation have collected, washed, and sent shoes, T-shirts, and shorts to needy athletes and children around the world. In the United States, we work with Native American reservations, as well as with our "Shoes for Recruits" program, in which teenagers filling out a Statement of Need are able to receive a new pair of running shoes, to help them in their Delayed Entry Program into the U.S. Marine Corps. All shipping, to the recruits, reservations, and internationally is supplied by OWR. The project continues to grow with shoes and athletic equipment being sent in from around the United States. Now called “One World Running” the group is a 100-percent volunteer organization, and the program has now expanded globally. The West End 3K criterium road race in downtown Boulder was started in August, 2001, as fundraiser for Shoes for Africa. In a recent addition, soccer cleats are now collected, as well as baseball equipment. Shoes are dropped off at local running stores, and a Boulder laundry, Community Plaza, donates the washing – but you can always wash the shoes before shipping them to us, in hot water and air dried (as the dryer can melt the glue, as we found out!) Please send any donations to OWR P.O. Box 2223 Boulder, CO 80306. Thank you.