The White Plains Examiner

White Plains Foot Surgeon Supports Local Shoe Drive for 8th year

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Grace Church ShoesFor the eighth year in a row, Dr. Bruce Pinker of Progressive Foot Care in White Plains, invited his patients to donate their lightly used shoes and boots to support a shoe drive for Westchester’s men, women and children in need. They responded by donating almost 400 pairs of shoes and boots in all shapes and sizes, many of them new. The shoes were donated to Lifting Up Westchester, a Westchester County nonprofit social services agency formerly called Grace Church Community Center, for distribution to individuals from their Open Arms Men’s Shelter, Samaritan House Women’s Shelter and Soup Kitchen. Pictured are students from The Pleasantville Laboratory School at Pace University with Dr. Pinker, who volunteered to sort the shoes. The school provides living skills development programs and vocational education/experience for students with developmental and intellectual disabilities. Shoes are being distributed to individuals in need through Grace’s Kitchen, LUW’s soup kitchen in White Plains. The first distribution occurred on Martin Luther King Day with assistance from members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.Grace Church Shoes

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