On September 21, 2023, the Miriam College MISMO received a donation of 665 pairs of shoes from Payless ShoeSource PH. The shoes were sorted by Miriam College HEU student volunteers of MISMO’s Lingkod Mag-aaral program. The following day, 592 pairs (sandals and flat shoes, those without heels) were turned over to the Alagang Kapatid Foundation, Inc. (AKFI), who in turn shall distribute the pairs of shoes to a couple of their beneficiaries – the Aralets Back to School 2023 in Mindoro, and the Disaster Response, Recovery, and Rehabilitation (DRR).
The teachers and students who most of the time use worn out shoes when going to school, will surely be happy and inspired to attend their classes while wearing their new pairs of shoes. While the people who were displaced and were evacuated during natural calamities, will surely be filled with joy and hope upon receiving their new sandals. Thank you, Payless and AKFI for making all these possible! Indeed, an act of Christlike charity, heroic generosity, and selflessness, the Maryknoll/Miriam way.
