Our Shoes for Students program provides families with the opportunity to apply to receive a pair of shoes for each of their children before starting back to school in the fall.
2025 Shoes for Students
Our Shoes for Students program will be held this year on Saturday, August 2nd (2025) between 2pm and 4pm.
To participate in this program, your student must attend one of the Bedford County Public Schools in grades K-12 (including Head Start).
Eligibility screenings* for this program will be held at the Christmas Station on:
- Saturday, July 12th, 2025 between 2pm – 4pm
- Thursday, July 17th, 2025 between 4pm – 6pm
*Families with children who were served during the 2024 Christmas Program (CSX) must attend a screening to register for this program.
*Families with children who were not served during the 2024 Christmas Program (CSX) must attend a screening and bring the following documentation.
Parents/Legal Guardians need to bring the following documentation when applying:
- Photo ID (of the parent/legal guardian) (ID must also be brought to the event)
- Recent pay stub or other income verification showing monthly income
- Child’s birth certificate or insurance card
- Proof of child custody may be required
- Proof of school enrollment (a report card or letter/email from the school). If the child is home-schooled, bring documentation that the child is registered with Bedford County Schools as a home-schooled student.
*Be sure to measure your child’s feet! Shoes cannot be exchanged.
Our 2024 Shoes for Students Program
We were honored to provide 113 Bedford County children with a brand-new pair of shoes, as well as a bag filled with food for school lunches and healthy snacks, as they prepare to go back to school!
We’re so grateful to all the individuals and organizations who helped make this program possible, specifically the Shoe Show in Lynchburg, VA where we purchased all 113 pairs of shoes! Thank you to Franklin, their manager, who pulled all the shoes for us and provided incredible customer service!
A Recap of Our 2023 Program
We were honored to provide brand-new shoes to 104 students heading back to school in 2023! Additionally, each of the 40 families these students belong to received a bag of healthy snacks!
Thank you to everyone who gives to our organization through donations, grants, and shopping our fundraising sales. Your monetary gifts allow us to bless children and families where it is most needed!
A Recap of Our 2022 Program
On August 3rd, we were honored to provide new shoes to 117 Bedford County children, through our Back to School Shoes for Students program. These children came from 47 individual families. The families received a box of food that included, cereal, pasta, non-perishables, fresh fruit and vegetables, and a canned ham from our Year-Round food pantry.
Check out the WSLS-10 news story and article about this wonderful program!