ROTARY CLUB OF DOYLESTOWN TO HOST CHRISTINA NISBET AND JAYE STERTERMAN OF SOLES 4 SOULS

The Rotary Club of Doylestown will welcome Christina Nisbet and Jaye Sterterman of Soles 4 Souls at its meeting scheduled for August 29, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. at the Doylestown Country Club, 401 Pebble Hill Road in Doylestown.  Nisbet and Sterterman will be discussing their work with Soles 4 Souls, an organization that collects new and like new shoes to give to victims of abject suffering throughout the world. The organization also collects used shoes to support micro-business efforts to eradicate poverty in third-world countries.

The meeting is open to member and non-member business professionals and reservations are required for non-member visitors.  Those interested in visiting the Rotary Club of Doylestown should contact Jo-Anne Atwell at 267-614-2293, or by email at jepatwell@msn.com. The cost to attend is $20, which covers the price of dinner.

About Soles 4 Souls:

Soles 4 Souls was founded in 2004 by Wayne Elsey after the tsunami struck Southeast Asia. Elsey had seen a news photo of a lone shoe washing up on the beach and realized there would be a tremendous need in the affected areas for shoes.  He made some calls to executives in the shoe industry and was able to procure donations of 250,000 shoes.  When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast states in 2005, he called the same people and ended up with donations of one million pairs of shoes. It was then that Elsey decided to establish a nonprofit organization that would use shoes as a way to help others in need.  To learn more go to http://www.soles4souls.org.

About the Doylestown Rotary:

The Doylestown Rotary Club is comprised of business owners and professionals living and/or working in Doylestown, PA and the surrounding communities. Founded on April 28, 1924, the Doylestown Rotary was organized with a chartering membership of 20. 

The Rotary Club of Doylestown sponsors business card exchanges, Four-Way Test Awards, Scholarship Awards, as well as events to raise funds for other organizations in need. Over the years, Rotary Club of Doylestown has supported Doylestown Hospital, the Delaware Valley College Horse Show, community athletic fields, highway landscape improvements, and organizations such as the March of Dimes, Twilight Wish Foundation, Village Improvement Association, the SPCA, and the Bucks County Historical Society.

Since 1965, the club has hosted dozens of foreign exchange students and sent as many local students abroad as part of their Student Exchange Program. The Rotary Club of Doylestown continues to host and send abroad exchange students. It also sponsors the Central Bucks East Interact Club, provides college scholarships to graduating seniors at all three Central Bucks High Schools, sponsors a regional weekend leadership camp for six Central Bucks High School students, and supports an annual essay and speech contest for local high school students.

On an international level, the Rotary Club of Doylestown provides financial support to Rotary International polio prevention programs, the Shelter Box program, and to programs that assist Maasai villages in Kenya, where monies raised have helped fund the drilling of five water wells. The final well project was completed and fully functional in June 2011. 

Throughout the years, the Rotary Club of Doylestown and its members have been leaders in the community and have practiced "Service Above Self". For more information about The Rotary Club of Doylestown visit http://doylestownrotary.org. To  learn more about Rotary International visit www.rotary.org.