- April
- Community-wide
THE 712 INITIATIVE’S SHOE DRIVE
The 712 Initiative’s Shoe Recycling Drive is a local shoe collection effort in partnership with elementary schools
and local businesses. The drive is hosted each year to help divert thousands of shoes from our local landfill, as it takes shoes about 1,000 years to decompose. Shoe and clothing waste makes up 65.7% of content in landfills.
The 712 Initiative partners with Funds2Orgs in order to help provide a solution for this waste issue. Every shoe donated is reused in some way (reused, recycled, repurposed). In addition, our organization receives a financial donation for all the shoes we collect. You are not only saving the planet but you are supporting a local nonprofit!
We are always looking for community partners to expand the reach of this program. If you are interested in hosting a collection site please email our Director of Programming & Events (Amber Quigley – aquigley@the712initiative.org)
The 712 Initiative will be hosting public drop-off at their office at 1228 S Main St on weekdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm during the month of April!
When dropping off shoes we ask that pairs of shoes be either tied or rubber banded together.
Additional public drop off sites:
| Athletico Physical Therapy
301 W Broadway Ste 100 Council Bluffs, IA 51503 |
Athletico Physical Therapy
3134 Manawa Centre Drive Council Bluffs, IA 51501 |
State Farm – Judd Knispel
1860 Madison Ave #2 Council Bluffs, IA 51503 |
| Charles E. Lakin YMCA
235 Harmony St. Council Bluffs, IA 51503 |
NP Dodge Real Estate
1032 Woodbury Ave Council Bluffs, IA 51503 |
Family Inc
3501 Harry Langdon Blvd. Ste 150 Council Bluffs, IA 51503 |
| American Family Insurance – John Dresher
1705 McPherson Ave #GL100 Council Bluffs, IA 51503 |
TS Bank
3201 W Broadway Council Bluffs, IA 51501 |
TS Bank
43 Scott St. Council Bluffs. IA 51503 |
| TS Bank
15 E Main St. Treynor, IA 51575 |
Home Style Laundry and Dry Cleaners
900 Woodbury Ave#13b Council Bluffs, IA 51503 |
Security National Bank
1707 Madison Ave Council Bluffs, IA 51503 |
| Flat Branch Home Loans
29 S Main St Council Bluffs, IA 51503 |
Creston House
215 S Main St Council Bluffs, IA 51503 |
Definitions Salon and Spa
929 Valley View Drive, Suite 2 Council Bluffs, IA 51503 |
| Thunderbowl
1900 Madison Ave Council Bluffs, IA 51503 |
