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Shoe donations for Green Beans (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by tourniquette2
Hey partners,
So recently I was perusing and ran into a fellow partner who needed work-safe shoes. I sent her a spare pair of Docs a couple days ago, but it got me thinking.
As an older partner, I’ve learned that shoes are always a necessary investment. We’re on our feet on slick floors, often mid-jog, for hours on end. Many of us work at least 4-6 days a week like this. It hurts! And the damage we do to our spines wearing discount shoes is lifelong, let me tell you. It’ll hurt your body long term. Good shoes help support our ankles and backs, keep us safe from falls, and help dampen the impact of walking back and forth on hard floors.
Maybe we could start a donation fund for new partners to get shoes that are safe and won’t hurt their feet and back. If I started a VenMo account, so that we can maximize donations and reduce what GoFundMe takes off the top, with a contract or a public statement promising the funds to Green Beans shoes, compression socks, and other orthopedics, would anyone be interested in donating shoes, money, or time shopping to help?
I’d love to help our partners more. We don’t need much. A few dollars here and there will add up. Donate old shoes and we’ll fix them and pass them on. I think we could really help each other.
So recently I was perusing and ran into a fellow partner who needed work-safe shoes. I sent her a spare pair of Docs a couple days ago, but it got me thinking.
As an older partner, I’ve learned that shoes are always a necessary investment. We’re on our feet on slick floors, often mid-jog, for hours on end. Many of us work at least 4-6 days a week like this. It hurts! And the damage we do to our spines wearing discount shoes is lifelong, let me tell you. It’ll hurt your body long term. Good shoes help support our ankles and backs, keep us safe from falls, and help dampen the impact of walking back and forth on hard floors.
Maybe we could start a donation fund for new partners to get shoes that are safe and won’t hurt their feet and back. If I started a VenMo account, so that we can maximize donations and reduce what GoFundMe takes off the top, with a contract or a public statement promising the funds to Green Beans shoes, compression socks, and other orthopedics, would anyone be interested in donating shoes, money, or time shopping to help?
I’d love to help our partners more. We don’t need much. A few dollars here and there will add up. Donate old shoes and we’ll fix them and pass them on. I think we could really help each other.
skylikeslemonade 4 points 6m ago
this is such a neat idea i love it!! but if you use venmo i can’t donate because i’m in canada :( is there another fundraising service we could use maybe?
also you could easily post transparent numbers of what you receive and what you send out if you make a social media for it? this is such a cool idea, it’s clear you’re really passionate about it :)
also you could easily post transparent numbers of what you receive and what you send out if you make a social media for it? this is such a cool idea, it’s clear you’re really passionate about it :)
tourniquette2 [OP] 2 points 6m ago
I definitely want to research them because I want to make sure baristas get the maximum benefit. I’m sure we could figure out multiple ways to donate, so people could just donate the shoes in they wanted to, or we could take smaller cash donations or donations of insoles and leather repair for used shoes.
It’s something I’d need to do more research into. But I guess I’d like to see if there’s interest.
It’s something I’d need to do more research into. But I guess I’d like to see if there’s interest.
franglaisedbeignet 2 points 6m ago
What if you provided a site that links the people who need the shoes to the people who could send a pair directly to the recipient? For example a barista could tell you what size shoe is needed and anyone who has the exact match or similar could respond. Then once the shoes are matched the post is shown as filled. You could create the posts as the middleman, make sure private information was kept private. Other types of shoe needs that can’t be met simply, you could take donations to order gently used shoes for the recipient. This keeps you from having to receive the shoes to manage, except perhaps for your local area. Just some thoughts.
tourniquette2 [OP] 2 points 6m ago
That’s brilliant. We’d need a whole network of participating baristas/service workers. We could definitely expand this beyond Starbucks.
Beg1nAga1n 1 points 6m ago
Be really careful about taking money directly. Taxes can become really crappy really quickly - the IRS generally doesn’t care where you make “income” after it hits a certain threshold and you could be taxed based on this in an audit.
Source: was a content creator full time before my current job and had to learn a lot about non-profit/donations/tips and how the IRS views them.
Source: was a content creator full time before my current job and had to learn a lot about non-profit/donations/tips and how the IRS views them.
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