After the display ends, the Youth Coalition will deliver the shoes for recycling to Nike Grind. The Nike Grind program collects old athletic shoes, breaking them down and re-using them to create sports floors and tracks. For example, they use the granulated foam in shoes for synthetic basketball courts, tennis courts and playground surfacing tiles. The granulated fabric from the shoe uppers becomes the padding under hardwood basketball floors. Any unusable athletic shoes will be recycled through the Nike Grind program. The youth coalition is a program for high schoolers youth interested in social change. They are nearing their goal of the 1200 shoes needed for their display. For more information, call Ken Peebles at 223-6656 or go to the Web site show on your screen.
Tuesday, 11 March 2008 09:22
Youth Coalition Joins With Nike Shoe Grind
The Amador County Youth Coalition now has Nike’s
support as it continues to
expand on its project to raise awareness of the dangers of tobacco use. The
Youth Coalition is currently collecting old shoes to use in an April 2nd
display meant to dynamically illustrate the 1200 lives lost each day due to tobacco.