It started with a simple story. A mother telling a daughter about what it was like for her to worry about the first day of school all summer long knowing that she had only ill-fitting clothes to wear. She would not fit in. She didn’t have confidence or pride to walk into her classroom on the first day of school.

This daughter could not shake the story of her mother. She wanted to erase this pain for other children facing this shame; and wanted to give her children the education and compassion to empower them to change the lives of their homeless peers.

This is how My New Red Shoes started. We want to change this story for all the 5,000 homeless youth in the Bay Area. Click Here to read our founder's story.
  

The mission of My New Red Shoes is to help homeless children look and feel confident as they start the school year while educating the community about the challenges facing homeless families. To achieve this goal, My New Red Shoes provides homeless children with brand new clothing and shoes, and it rallies youth and adults around this effort by raising awareness about homelessness.
 

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