Give RunningPartner with iSA to currently provide disadvantaged youth with new and used running and athletic shoes – for many of these youth in Third World nations, this is their first pair of shoes ever. Also, since 2008 Give Running has donated a pair of new athletic socks with every pair of shoes. They give a gift well beyond socks and footwear, however; the shoes are a vehicle for providing youth with the new opportunities and benefits running provides, from new friendships to improved health to developing character traits such as goal-setting and persistence. Give Running also use running and athletics as a way to engage youth in the classroom, their homes, and their community. This in turn provides the communities in which these youth live with new opportunities and dynamic energy.
