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General Jeff Weiss, Senior Associate Director of Athletics/Media Relations

Warrior Strides Makes An Impact

DETROIT -- The Warrior Strides campaign – spearheaded by the WSU Sports Medicine Department – was a resounding success.  Warrior Strides collected a combined total of 904 pairs of shoes and socks!

Warrior Strides was a campaign to support Alternatives for Girls (AFG), a Detroit-based organization whose mission is to help homeless and high-risk girls and young women avoid high risk activities, such as domestic violence.  Warrior Strides collected new socks and old shoes throughout the entire month of October, which is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  

Why Socks and Shoes?
Socks are one of the most needed items in shelters, since people cannot donate used socks.  New socks (with tags still on) collected via Warrior Strides were donated to Alternatives for Girls, to go directly to the girls and young women who are using the services and resources provided by AFG.  WSU Sports Medicine was able to donate 750 pairs of brand new socks to AFG due to the Warrior Strides campaign.

Warrior Strides also worked with GotSneakers, a sneaker recycling organization that helps support fundraising programs throughout the country.  GotSneakers paid Warrior Strides for each pair of old athletic shoes collected, and the funds raised were donated to AFG.  Warrior Strides collected 154 pairs of shoes, which resulted in a contribution to AFG from WSU Sports Medicine.  The environmental impact of recycling 154 pairs of shoes also resulted in 76 pairs being displaced from landfills, 2,280 pounds of carbon dioxide being displaced, and 171,532 gallons of water being saved.
 
"Warrior Strides - making strides to end the silence surrounding domestic violence."

Questions about the campaign can be directed to Head Athletic Trainer Lisa Erickson via email at lisa.erickson3@wayne.edu.

Warrior Strides would like to thank the many volunteers and community partners who made this campaign possible, including Divine Mathes, Zack Belsky, Torria Robinson, the Motor City Cruise, Dick's Sporting Goods, Printarun, Corrigan Moving, General Motors, and K. Mathes Insurance Agency.    

If you are interested in learning more about Alternatives for Girls, please visit their website at https://alternativesforgirls.org/.   

If you are interested in learning more about GotSneakers, please visit their website at https://gotsneakers.com/.?

 
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