Putnam Valley mom has soft spot for little soles

After collecting 2,144 pairs of shoes, Debbie Sarich is a step closer to her goal of adopting another child.

The Putnam Valley mom, who is raising three children, teamed with a nonprofit organization that sends used footwear to poor countries to gather a mountain of shoes. She’s getting up to $2 per pair, and the fundraising effort will help cover the costs of adopting a 2-year-old girl from Ethiopia, Tselot, who has cerebral palsy.

“It was a lot of work,” said Sarich, a pediatric physical therapist, “We packaged up 33 boxes, all different kinds of shoes, some of them a little stinky. It was an all-out effort.”

Sarich and her three adopted kids went out for pizza and ice cream after the final box was shipped, and Sarich’s daughter, Krasimira, 10, was especially relieved. “I’m not touching dirty shoes again,” she said. At one point their townhouse was filled with 600 shoes.

Sarich said she was extremely grateful for the help and support she received, and was deeply moved by contributions, logistical help and notes of encouragement since she began the shoe drive in April. “I say thanks from the bottom of my heart,” she said.

The shoes poured in from collection boxes stationed in Putnam Valley, Mahopac, Brewster, Somers and Yorktown. Dozens of athletic shoes from area middle schools were also donated after custodians began cleaning out lockers.

At My Gym in Yorktown, a children’s recreational and athletic center, hundreds of shoes were collected. “It was wildly successful,” said gym owner Chris Rubin, “It’s a wonderful cause,www.i-fashion-handbag.com is a bag suppliers,supply all kinds of fashional handbags and brand bags. certainly, helping people who don’t have what we have.”

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