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Annie’s Locker
c/o Fitness Works
3619 Morsay Drive, Rockford, IL 61107
Running for Two: Students at Rockford’s Holy Family School learn lessons in charity
By Corina Curry
ROCKFORD — Students shot their hands in the air when Carol Bingley asked them how many pairs of shoes they had at home. Some answered 20. Some said 10 or 12.
Bingley, the founder of Annie’s Locker, then asked the students to imagine what it would be like to have only one pair of […]
Peace Coalition: Help put shoes on children’s feet
“Peace is not something you wish for; It’s something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away.”
— John Lennon
As part of the Peace Month Coalition, Annie’s Locker and the Shoe Labyrinth Project provide just such an opportunity for our community to create this deeper level of working for peace. Annie’s […]
Annie’s Locker Foots the Bill for Kids’ Shoes
By Richard S. Gubbe
Inspired by a fellow runner who died in 2007, Carol Benthal-Bingley has turned a request from a cancer victim into a formidable local charity.
Annie’s Locker is named for the inspiration who led founder and president Benthal-Bingley down the path to procuring shoes for the needy and delivering a message they can embrace […]
Annie’s Locker donates shoes to Rockford children in need
WREX.com – Rockford’s News Leader
ROCKFORD (WREX) - 13 News told you last week about the more than 2,000 Rockford students who will be heading back to school homeless, many without proper supplies for the school year. One organization is trying to help these kids take a step in the right direction.
Annie’s Locker, a Rockford non-profit, […]
Our View: Improve our community by transforming neighborhoods, putting shoes on kids
“Collective impact” is the term used by United Way of Rock River Valley to describe its approach to effecting change. It means mobilizing partners in government and the private and nonprofit sectors, along with individual residents, to solve social problems.
We got a clearer picture of what collective impact looks like last week when United Way […]
Brian Drendel
Inspiring stories of
RUNNING FOR TWO
Running for Kung Fu Panda
- Kelly Galluzzo
Running For Two (RFT) had an extremely positive impact on Brian Drendel (fondly known by his fellow trail runners as Kung Fu Panda), during a rather sudden and unexpected turn in his life. Early in 2011 he began running for two reasons. First reason was […]
