Congratulations!

One World Running Director Ana Weir was named a 2005 Hero of Running by Runner’s World magazine. She was honored at a gala celebration on Nov. 4, two days before the ING New York City Marathon. It was a wonderful award for Ana, who puts in so much work for the project. In the photo on the right, she and World Championship 100-meter gold medalist Lauryn Williams smile for the camera. Let’s hope this is the start of a great 2006 for Ana and the shoe project, and runners around the world.

Drop-off Locations

The majority of the shoes come from individuals, and from running clubs or Girl Scout troops (for example) that put on shoe drives. Some of the shoes are new; many are "near-new," which are the ones sent overseas. The shoes that are beat up and not suitable for shipment are sent to Nike in Beaverton, Ore., through Boulder's Eco-Cycle program, to be ground up and made into running tracks and playgrounds through the Reuse-a-Shoe program.

If mailing shoes, please send the Daily Camera newspaper address listed below.


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Alabama

The Athlete's Foot - Midtown Village
1800 McFarland Blvd. Suite 424
Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
205-752-7463

Arizona

Pearl Izumi Factory Store
4250 W. Anthem Way, Suite 110
Anthem, AZ 85086
623-465-7577

California

Runners High
14417 B Culver Dr.
Irvine, CA 92604

Runners High
6416 E. Stearns
Long Beach, CA 90815

Runners High
5338 E. Second St.
Long Beach, CA 90803

Contact http://www.runnershighcalif.com/ for more information about the stores.


Pearl Izumi Factory Store
8555 San Ysidro, Unit F70
Gilroy, CA 95020
408-846-8123

Pearl Izumi Factory Store
1671 E. Monte Vista Road N-111
Vacaville, CA 95687
707-449-8425

Pearl Izumi Factory Store
2018 Lake Tahoe Blvd
Southlake Tahoe CA
530-541-9044

Pearl Izumi Factory Store
12845 El Camino Real, Suite S-1
San Diego, CA 92130
858-793-0366

Colorado

One World Running


Small shipments to:
P.O. Box 2223
Boulder, Colo. 80306


Larger shipments to:
c/o Boulder Self Storage
6439 Arapahoe Rd.
Boulder, CO 80303

Fleet Feet Sports
2624 Broadway (next to Moe's Bagels and Vic's Coffee)
Boulder 80302
(303) 939 8000

Boulder Running Company
2775 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO 80302-3811
(303) 786-9255

Runner's Roost
459 S McCaslin Blvd.
Louisville, CO 80027
(303) 926-7653

Bolder Boulder
5500 Central Ave., Suite #110
Boulder, CO 80301
Phone: (303) 444-7223

Boulder Running Company -Denver Tech Center

8505 E. Arapahoe Road
Greenwood Village, CO 80112
phone: 303.990.5008
Attn: Annika Eberle

Pearl Izumi Factory Store
227 Blue River Pkwy, Unit L
Silverthorn CO 80498
970-262-9337

In-Step, Inc.
Tricia Vieth and RL Smith
629 S. Broadway, Suite E
Boulder, CO 80305...303-554-7837 web: www.instepbldr.com

Georgia

Pearl Izumi Factory Store
355 Quill Dr. Suite 110
Dawsonville, GA 30534

Illinois

Pearl Izumi Factory Store
100 W. Higgins Rd. Space M30
South Barrington, IL 60010

New Hampshire

Pearl Izumi Factory Store
1946 White Mtn. Hwy PO Box 1517
North Conway, NH 03860
603-356-5183

Oregon

Pearl Izumi Factory Store
1001 N. Arney Rd., Suite 613
Woodburn, OR 97071
503-981-0200

Pearl Izumi Factory Store
61334 S. Hwy 97 Suite 240
Bend, OR 97702
541-312-3358

Texas

Pearl Izumi Factory Store
3000 South Hulen St. Suite 156
Fort Worth, TX 76109
817-377-8200

Richmond, Virginia

• Runner Bills
• Road Runners
• 3 Sports!
• Charlottesville Running Company

visit: http://www.runrichmond.com/

Florida

New Balance Store
8888 SW 136 Street
Miami, FL

Footworks
5724 Sunset Drive,
South Miami, FL
footworksmiami.com

JCC
1155 SW 112th Ave
Miami, FL


Pearl Izumi Factory Store
4961 International Dr Space 4A.02
Orlando, FL 32819
407-352-2555

Utah

Pearl Izumi Factory Store
6699 N. Landmark Dr., Suite K150
Park City, UT 84098
435-615-7800

Ontario, Canada

Runner's Den Port Dover
361 Main St. Port Dover,
Ontario "the shoppe"

About One World Running

Mission Statement

One World Running is an international program promoting an awareness of health, fitness and nutrition by providing running shoes to those in need in the United States and around the world. We also put on 5K walk/runs to foster an enviroment of exercise and to increase understanding and goodwill between people.

About One World Running

Since 1986, a group of runners in Boulder, Colorado, has collected, washed and sent to Third World countries new and "near-new" athletic shoes, T-shirts and shorts, along with medicine and school and art supplies. Shoes for Africa was started after sports journalist Mike Sandrock returned from a coaching and racing trip to Cameroon, West Africa, sponsored by the U.S. Information Agency. Many of the runners from Cameroon ran barefoot (and were still able to beat Sandrock), and afterwards, a group of Boulder elite runners including Lorraine Moller, Steve Jones and Arturo Barrios began shipping shoes to West Africa. Since then a group of runners in Boulder has collected, washed, and sent shoes, T-shirts, and shorts to needy athletes and children around the world. The project continues to grow with shoes and athletic equipment being sent in from around the United States. Now called "One World Running" the group is a 100-percent volunteer organization, and the program has now expanded globally. The West End 3K criterium road race in downtown Boulder was started in August, 2001, as fundraiser for Shoes for Africa. In a recent addition, soccer cleats are now collected, as well as baseball equipment.

Shoes are dropped off at local running stores, and a Boulder laundry, Community Plaza, donates the washing – but you can always wash the shoes before shipping them to us, in cold water and air dried (as the dryer can melt the glue, as we found out!) Shipping has been tight recently, as the airlines have cut back on their donations. Now called One World Running, we are a Colorado non-profit organization with federal 501-c-3 tax-exempt status. Each $195 raised is sufficient to send roughly 50 pairs of shoes to sub-Saharan Africa (or double that amount of shoes to Haiti and Central America). The majority of the shoes come from individuals, and from running clubs or Girl Scout troops (for example) that put on shoe drives. Some of the shoes are new; many are "near-new," which are the ones sent overseas. The shoes that are beat up and not suitable for shipment are sent to Nike in Beaverton, Ore., through Boulder's Eco-Cycle program, to be ground up and made into running tracks and playgrounds through the Reuse-a-Shoe program.

For more information, call (303) 473-1314 or (720) 304-2878: or email: anaweir @ yahoo.com or sandrock @ boulderrunning.com.