Local Retailer Encourages Shoe Recycling - April 2002
Earth Day 2002 Story
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CONTACT: Richard Polk
Pedestrian Shops 303-449-5260
Richard@pedestrianshops.com
Boulder's PEDESTRIAN SHOPS originally opened as an Earth Shoe Store 31 years ago in 1971. The Earth Shoe was a funny looking, albeit comfortable Danish Shoe famous for its 'negative heel' and oblique toe that was introduced in the United States on the original Earth Day in the Spring of 1970, and now Earth is back, styled for today's fashion.
To celebrate this year's EARTH DAY, the PEDESTRIAN SHOPS are again encouraging customers to recycle their shoes for people in need. The first hundred people who bring in a used pair of shoes and try on an earth shoe will receive a free Earth Backpack-a $9.95 value. New and unloved or slightly used footwear may be dropped off at either the PEDESTRIAN SHOPS location at 1425 Pearl on Boulder's Downtown Mall or its location in the Village Shopping Center facing Folsom between Arapahoe and Canyon.
As an added incentive, from Friday April 12th through Sunday April 28th, customers bringing in a pair of recyclable men's, women's, or children's shoes will receive a 10% discount on any new pair of shoes, sandals, clogs, or hiking boots, including footwear already SALE PRICED. The PEDESTRIAN SHOPS will donate the usable recycled footwear to the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless, First Presbyterian Church's Deacon's Closet, and other local assistance organizations.
Richard Polk, owner of the PEDESTRIAN SHOPS said, "We appreciate our suppliers supporting our shoe drives; this Earth Day, Earth Footwear donated a thousand dollars worth of Backpacks and advertising. Last Thanksgiving, Rieker Footwear donated $20,000 worth of sample shoes."
The PEDESTRIAN SHOPS, a local retailer that sells the World's Most Comfortable Brands of Shoes conducts annual Thanksgiving and Earth Day shoe drives.
