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Volunteers helped count out more than 100 bags of shoes collected in the Marshall Area PTAâs âPair Up For the Futureâ fundraiser drive. Proceeds from the fundraiser will go to help support Marshall public schools, and the shoes will be distributed to help people in developing countries start small businesses
MARSHALL Â When they started a shoe donation drive last month, members of the Marshall Area PTA were hoping for a good response. But as the donations started to stack up, PTA President Laura Jenson said there was something she didn’t count on.
“I wasn’t exactly prepared for the amount of space it would take up,” she said. Event organizers ended up needing to store the plastic bags filled with pairs of shoes in locker rooms and in corners of classrooms at Park Side Elementary.