Rishab Jaggi piles the donated shoes into boxes.

March 10, 2010 - Boght Hills Elementary School conducted a week-long shoe drive that began on March 1 to benefit Share Your Soles, an organization whose mission is simple: To have every needy person in every distressed corner of the world have a pair of shoes. What makes this story so unique is that the idea came from a student.

Sixth-grader Rishab Jaggi was so moved by after the Boght Hills fundraiser “Hearts for Haiti” in February, he wanted to do more. Rishab and his father approached Boght Hills Principal Kim Greiner and suggested working with Share Your Soles. Greiner thought it was a fantastic idea and asked Rishab to help present the idea to the school at an assembly.

The Boght Hills community went into their closets and responded by donating over 460 pairs of shoes. The collected donation will go to survivors of the earthquake in Haiti.

“We never anticipated the incredible outpouring of generosity when many families in our community are facing difficult financial times too,” Greiner said. “We are truly blessed to live and work in such a supportive environment.”