Podiatrists collecting shoes for needy kids, adults

BOARDMAN

Podiatric physicians and surgeons with Ankle & Foot Care Centers are asking holiday shoppers to help the area’s less fortunate by buying and donating new pairs of shoes.

The doctors’ goal is to collect more than 800 pairs of new or nearly new shoes between now and Jan. 6. In greatest demand are children’s shoes of all types and casual, all-purpose shoes in adult sizes for both men and women.

Collection stations are at each of Ankle & Foot Care Centers’ 19 Mahoning Valley locations in Alliance, Austintown, Boardman (two), Campbell, Champion, Columbiana, East Liverpool, East Palestine, Howland, Lake Milton, Liberty, Niles, Poland, Salem, Struthers, Warren, Youngstown and Greenville, Pa. Specific locations and other information are located on the group’s website, www.ankleandfootcare.com.