It’s been going on for a full decade, and the “From Your Heart to Their Soles” shoe drive is ready to ride once again. Tricia Keith, from the Vermilion County Regional Office of Education, once handled the truancy officer duties. And as she recalled to D102’s Tommy B on The Big Show, it was during that time that lack of good shoes turned out to be a common reason why students missed school. She started helping on her own, but much more was needed.
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AUDIO: They were wearing shoes too small, shoes too big; they actually had duct tape to hold their shoes together; they would come in house slippers on like inclement weather days. And it was a real thing. So it started out with, “Oh, yes, I’ll get you a pair of shoes.” And then it turned into more and more kids needing shoes, which was out of my budget.…