North Central Athletics Gives the Shoes off Their Feet

When NCU athletes took the stage for their annual Athletics Chapel, the Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and Leadership Counsel of Captains (LCC) focused their time around the theme of “Walking a Mile in Someone Else’s Shoes”. That included giving the shoes off their feet as a symbol of unity and service. These athletes are part of Soles4Souls, a charity focused on collecting shoes and the athletes’ work with victims of natural disasters such as the 2004 Southeast Asia Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Athletes called on the NCU community present in chapel to donate the very shoes they were wearing as a sign of unity with people in the world who lack such a fundamental necessity. The campus responded with around 200 pairs of gently used athletic, casual, and dress footwear. $200 for shipping costs was also donated.

More than a fundraiser or charitable act, NCU athletes believed this to be a unifier between athletes and the campus they represent. “God isn’t going to do what he wants to until we’re unified as a campus,” said Tom Beilke, a senior baseball captain.