Seventeen-year-old Molly Miller, member of All Saints Anglican Church Kimberley, recipient of the Governor General’s award for Volunteerism, cross-country ski medalist and high school student, started Walk a Mile in Someone’s Shoes in Kimberley in 2016.

It is dedicated to outfitting children in need of footwear – both locally and overseas. What started as an initiative to raise funds and awareness for people who do not have access to proper footwear, has evolved into much more.

Molly partnered with local business owner Celeste Needham to organize a walkathon, which was held on June 18, 2016. This event raised an incredible $7,000, and the funds were used to ship footwear to Haiti and India, and to provide shoes to school-aged children in need in all of Kimberley’s School District No. 6 schools; and in cases of extremely high need, their families as well.

A second shoe drive was carried out this past summer in Kimberley and Rossland and shoes were sent to Haiti Arise, which sends local volunteers to Haiti each year in order to provide medical services to those in need.

All Saints, plus two other Kimberley businesses, again collected shoes for this drive. Then All Saints Anglican Church-Mission and Outreach partnered with Molly to ship the shoes.

The $150 donation was used to ship the shoes with the medical team to Haiti Arise. The team is currently in Haiti and will be outfitting patients in need with the donated shoes.

The shoe project has received community wide support and Molly is very appreciative of being surrounded by like-minded people who have a desire to improve the quality of life of those in need.

Lead image: Molly Miller receiving one of her two gold medals at the 2016 BC Winter Games. Photo credit: BC Winter Games volunteer photographers

Submitted by Rev. Dr. Katherine Hough

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