Regional non-profit, 8CAP, is hosting a shoe drive on Sunday afternoon, June 14, at the Tractor Supply location on Perry Avenue in Big Rapids.

The collection period will be from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. and all the shoes will be repurposed, refurbished, and redistributed to people in need.

"The heavier the shoe, the better," Coordinator Stephanie Rockafellow said. "They have to be gently used, or new, with no holes or rips. They also can't be wet or muddy."

Accepted shoes include tennis shoes, work boots, water shoes, sandals, flip flops, slippers, and sporting cleats. No bladed shoes, like ice skates roller skates, or rollerblades, will be accepted.

"Just drive up and you don't even have to get out of your car," Rokafellow said. "We did this in Greenville a couple weeks ago, so we would really like the Big Rapids community to beat their 979 pairs of shoes."

8CAP is a community action agency serving central Michigan with programs devoted to early childhood education support, emergency shelter help, food assistance, court appointed special advocacy, and senior volunteer programs.

For more information, visit https://8cap.org/.