take a trip around the world for a good cause; annual cruise for shoes event makes waves

The Terre Haute Women's Club is taking you on another trip around the world!

Saturday was the group's annual Cruise for Shoes event at the Hulman Center in Terre Haute.

Guests received a passport upon arrival. They sailed to different countries around the facility while grabbing a bite to eat and a drink to wash it down!
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After getting their passports stamped at each destination, guests finished the night with dessert and sweet piano melodies. The best part is all the proceeds go to the club's Shoe Bus Project.

​Local effort helps to give shoes to kids in the community

An initiative in Vigo County helps increase children’s confidence and set them up for success in the classroom.

On Monday in Terre Haute, Mayor Duke Bennett proclaimed Shoe Bus Week in Vigo County this week.
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The event raises awareness about an effort by the Terre Haute Women’s Club. Each year, the club gives 800 – 1,000 pairs of new shoes to Vigo County school children in need. Each child also receives two pairs of socks with their new shoes.

academy sports and terre haute women's club team up to bring shoes to vigo county children

Academy Sports gifted $750 worth of shoes to the Terre Haute Women’s Club ‘Shoe Bus’.

The shoes will be donated to children in Vigo County. This is the 4th year that Academy and the Women’s Club teamed up to bring shoes to kids in this area.
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“It’s such a fantastic and worthy cause,” Academy Sales Manager Gail Cochran said. “Over the years we’ve actually gotten to go out and distribute the shoes, and to see how excited the kids are to get new shoes is amazing.”

Terre haute women's club receives $18,000 for shoe bus project

The Vigo County chapter of 100+ Women Who Care has donated $13,000 to the Terre Haute Women's Club to help fund the Shoe Bus Project. Additionally, an anonymous donation from a family in Terre Haute will add $5,000 to the check, bringing the total to $18,000.

"We are especially grateful that an anonymous donation from a family here in Terre Haute will add $5,000 to the check from this extraordinary group who helps numerous charities throughout our area every year since the local chapter was formed in 2012," the Women's Club said in a news release.

The 100+ Women Who Care is coordinated by the Wabash Valley Community Foundation.