Buckner International: News

(DALLAS) — Representatives from five Christian radio stations nationwide ministered to orphans in Peru March 17-25 through Buckner International’s Shoes for Orphan Souls. The mission team served in eight orphanages in Lima and Cusco, Peru, sharing the Gospel and distributing shoes collected through individual and radio-sponsored shoe drives throughout the country.

Each station KVTT in Dallas, Texas, WFRN in Elkhart, Ind., WMCU in Pompano Beach, Fla., KSBJ in Houston, Texas and WBFJ in Winston-Salem, North Carolina will host a Shoes for Orphan Souls shoe drive in their community later this year to benefit some of the world’s most overlooked and underprivileged children.

“There is nothing else like seeing the children and seeing their homes and the difference it makes when we bring them shoes and share the Gospel,” said Doug Moore of WFRN. “Our listeners are making an eternal impact. They’re going to meet these kids in heaven one day. Imagine the lives they are going to change.”

These radio stations will host local shoe drives in their areas:

KVTT September, 2007 Dallas, Texas (Drop-off locations TBD)
WFRN April 15-May 19, 2007 Northern Indiana, Southwestern Michigan (Payless Shoe Stores will serve as drop-off locations)
WMCU July 2007 Pompano Beach, Fla. (Drop-off locations TBD)
KSBJ July 9-16, 2007 Houston, Texas (Payless Shoes Stores will serve as drop-off locations.)
WBFJ Dates TBD Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Drop-off locations TBD)

Since 1999, Shoes for Orphan Souls has collected more than 1.5 million pairs of shoes and delivered them to orphans and at-risk children in more than 50 countries around the world. According to UNICEF reports, there are an estimated 143 million orphans in the world today.

For more information on how your radio station can partner with Shoes for Orphan Souls to host a shoe drive in your community, please contact Brad Fisk, ShareMedia Services, at brad@sharemediaservices.com or (615) 832-5247.For more information about Shoes for Orphan Souls, or to find a drive in your community, visit www.ShoesforOrphanSouls.org.

Representatives from Christian radio stations nationwide ministered to orphans in Peru March 17-25 and distributed shoes through Buckner International’s Shoes for Orphan Souls shoe drive. From left: Jennifer Boger (WBFJ, Winston-Salem), Susan Alcox (KVTT, Dallas), Doug Moore (WFRN, Elkhart, Ind.), Liz Jordan (KSBJ, Houston) and Merryan Padron (WMCU, Pompano Beach, Fla.).