OUR MISSION

While doing free podiatry care for the impoverished areas of Mexico, Dr. Kim noticed that many of the foot problems suffered by these patients could have been eliminated if they just had the proper protection — shoes!

So, in 1997, Dr. Kim started collecting used shoes from his patients and colleagues, and donating to those less fortunate in Mexico and Los Angeles.

That’s how the annual Kim Foot & Ankle Shoe Drive was born, and has since donated well over 100,000 pairs of shoes over the last 19 years.

With your help, we can make this year our biggest shoe donation yet. Because we believe – as you do too – that no person, regardless of age, race, gender, or income level, be without a decent pair of shoes, and have to suffer from foot or ankle pain.

3 WAYS TO GET INVOLVED:

DONATE SHOES

Clean out your closets and donate your old or unused shoes. Simply drop them off at one of our Collection Sites

DONATE TIME

Help us sort and pick up shoes from locations. Be a volunteer during the Fair. Move shoes during the Fair

DONATE MONEY

Make a monetary donation so that KFAC can purchase shoes for those in need. Be a designated drop off site. We provide you with a bin to collect shoes at your place of business.

MEDIA ABOUT OUR ANNUAL SHOE DRIVE 

2024

28TH ANNUAL SHOE DRIVE

At Kim Foot and Ankle, we are proud to celebrate Dr. Kim’s 28-year journey in promoting foot health through our recent shoe drive! This year, we teamed up with 22 local doctors, 5 Long Beach businesses, 4 high schools, and over 20 of our dedicated patients to collect an amazing 2,000 shoes for organizations like Christian Outreach and Welcome Home. Together, we demonstrated our commitment to community wellness and provided much-needed footwear for those in need. Thank you to everyone who contributed to making this initiative a success and helping ensure that everyone has access to proper footwear for healthier feet!




2022

26TH ANNUAL SHOE DRIVE

Great success again this year collecting over 3000 pairs of shoes!
Unfortunately, we did not have a storage space secured so we donated most of the shoes to Christian Outreach in Action (COA) during the shoe drive time. Therefore, the donation pictures do not show all the shoes collected.
All the shoes were donated to Christian Outreach in Action (COA), a non-profit that offers food and shelter to the homeless in Long Beach.


2018

22ND ANNUAL SHOE DRIVE

Our 22nd Annual Shoe Drive went very well, and we’re very excited to help local families in need, the homeless and even patients in need! As Dr. Kim said, if you haven’t worn your shoes in the last 2 years, start your Cleaning and gather your gently-used shoes to donate!

We did it again! Kim Foot Foundation collected over 3,500 pairs of shoes this year, and we are highly grateful for all the help and contributions from all our patients, volunteers and charities.

About our 22nd Annual Shoe Drive:
• Collected from March till June
• 25 doctors and 5 wellness centers offices were collecting shoes for us.
• Bodell’s Shoe Store collected and donated 7 boxes of shoes
• Tenni-Moc’s Shoe Store collected and donated 20 boxes of shoes
• UPS Store Spring St donated 60 new boxes for collectin
• 150 boxes donated form patients.

We donated to:
• Christian Outreach In Action
• Community Advocate Program Services – Beta & Sigma Sorority
• St. Luke’s Episcopal Church – Shower Program
• Our Patient Malcolm Morris (helping homeless in Los Angeles)
• For the Child
• Our Patient Lucky Donations for Long Beach Area and Mexico

Do you know? Over these 22 years, we have collected almost 100,000 pairs of shoes. And we’re not stopping there. We will start collecting in March again.

Please, Join Us in March 2020!

No Shoeless Person in the World!

2017

21ST ANNUAL SHOE DRIVE

Shoe Drive 2018! GREAT RESULTS!

We collected over 5,000 pairs of shoes and 10,000 new socks. Almost 50 donation doctor’s office’s locations (all are here https://kimfoot.com/shoedrivelocations) joined our 21st Annual Shoe Drive. And of course, we get help from our patients.

This year we received a lot of new shoes from local stores: Tenni-Mocs’s shoe store, Bodell’s Shoe Store, Lozano Imports. And the most donation we get from our patient Jackie and a company Geodis USA logistic: 15 big pellets of new shoes and socks.

We are highly grateful for all the help and contributions from Bobbie Smith Elementary School and Fremont Elementary School in Long Beach.

A lot of shoe boxes came from churches: Fifth Church of Christ-Scientist, Community Grace- Brethren Church, Saint Matthew Catholic Church, Fil-Am Christian Fellowship, Antioch Church of Long Beach.

We are sending our heartfelt thanks for help from Advanced Wellness Center, Seal Beach Optum Care Medical Group, Elevation Studios, the Law Offices of Larry H. Parker, Med Post Urgent Care, UPS Store Spring St, Roanoke Trade, and Liberty Pacific Advanced Imaging.

A big Thanks to everyone that was kind enough to take the time to contribute this year! Again, we are one step closer to reaching our goal of one day seeing a world without shoeless people.

An excellent party with generous people, many donations, fun games, and delicious food. How else could we describe our 21st Annual Shoe Drive celebration in Long Beach. We donated all the shoes to the homeless and needy in Long Beach, LA, and Mexico.






2016

20TH ANNUAL SHOE DRIVE

HOW WAS OUR 20TH ANNUAL SHOE DRIVE IN LONG BEACH




During the mission trip, Dr. Kim with kids from TijuanaAn awesome party with generous people, many donations, fun games and delicious food. How else could I describe our 19th Annual Shoe Drive celebration in Long Beach. We collected thousands of shoes for those in need.

A big Thank you to all 100 locations and everyone that was kind enough to take the time to contribute this year! The charity event couldn’t have happened without my wonderful TEAM. I’m happy to say that we are one step closer to reaching our goal of one day seeing a world without shoeless people. Over the course of these 19 years, we have collected almost 100,000 pairs of shoes. And we’re not stopping there. Do you have gently used shoes in your closet or garage and do not know what to do with them? Let’s help shoeless kids and adults in Long Beach and Mexico. “I make a mission trip to Tijuana each year to volunteer. One time when I was there, I met a 6 year old boy named Jose. Jose had no parents, and he had worn holes through the bottom of his shoes. Sadly, this is the case with many children in Tijuana. Some have no parents at all and some have parents who are working in America to try to make money for their families. Whatever the situation may be, the kids are all in desperate need of new shoes and are overjoyed when we give them a pair of the shoes we collected. This is what keeps me coming back each year.” Said Dr. S. Don Kim, who first started the Shoe Drive in Long Beach twenty years ago. Also the Kim Holistic Foot & Ankle Center was donating thousands of shoes to homeless in Long Beach for many years. “Four Saturdays a month we offer a hot shower, clean clothing, amenities, and a meal to our homeless friends. We serve from 75-100 at the showers, plus some who come for clothing only. Shoes are very popular. A big amount of gently used shoes we are getting from Dr. Kim’s Shoe Drive for over five years already.” says Gail, Outreach coordinator of Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church Shower Program. This year, Kim Holistic Foot & Ankle Center continues hosting the 20th Annual Shoe Drive. It’s the one of the biggest Shoe Drive is in Long Beach. “The idea was born in 1997 with a vision. While doing free podiatry care for the impoverished areas of Mexico, I noticed that many of the foot problems suffered by these patients could have been eliminated if they just had the proper protection — shoes!” Dr. S. Don Kim says. “So we are going strong and look forward for your donation.”

2015

19TH ANNUAL SHOE DRIVE




An awesome party with generous people, many donations, fun games and delicious food. How else could I describe our 19th Annual Shoe Drive celebration in Long Beach. We collected thousands of shoes for those in need.A big Thank you to all 100 locations and everyone that was kind enough to take the time to contribute this year! The charity event couldn’t have happened without my wonderful TEAM. I’m happy to say that we are one step closer to reaching our goal of one day seeing a world without shoeless people. Over the course of these 19 years, we have collected almost 100,000 pairs of shoes. And we’re not stopping there.  Do you have gently used shoes in your closet or garage and do not know what to do with them? Let’s help shoeless kids and adults in Long Beach and Mexico. “I make a mission trip to Tijuana each year to volunteer. One time when I was there, I met a 6 year old boy named Jose. Jose had no parents, and he had worn holes through the bottom of his shoes. Sadly, this is the case with many children in Tijuana. Some have no parents at all and some have parents who are working in America to try to make money for their families. Whatever the situation may be, the kids are all in desperate need of new shoes and are overjoyed when we give them a pair of the shoes we collected. This is what keeps me coming back each year.” Said Dr. S. Don Kim, who first started the Shoe Drive in Long Beach twenty years ago.

Also the Kim Holistic Foot & Ankle Center was donating thousands of shoes to homeless in Long Beach for many years.

“Four Saturdays a month we offer a hot shower, clean clothing, amenities, and a meal to our homeless friends. We serve from 75-100 at the showers, plus some who come for clothing only. Shoes are very popular. A big amount of gently used shoes we are getting from Dr. Kim’s Shoe Drive for over five years already.” says Gail, Outreach coordinator of Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church Shower Program.

This year, Kim Holistic Foot & Ankle Center continues hosting the 20th Annual Shoe Drive. It’s one of the biggest Shoe Drive is in Long Bea ch.

“The idea was born in 1997 with a vision. While doing free podiatry care for the impoverished areas of Mexico, I noticed that many of the foot problems suffered by these patients could have been eliminated if they just had the proper protection — shoes!” Dr. S. Don Kim says. “So we are going strong and look forward for your donation.”

Come by the Kim Foot & Ankle Center and drop them off today! Or check out our website for more donation box locations and more information: www.kimfoot.com/shoedrive. We are planning to collect 20,000 pairs of shoes this year.a

OUR VOLUNTEERS

For the past six years,13-year-old Monica Hyndmanhas been collecting shoes forthose in need in Long Beach. Hyndman is the number one shoe collector of the drive and spreads awareness for the cause during her regular school year.

The teenager was in Guatemala when she noticed a girl walking down the street without shoes, when it sparked an empathetic response. When she returned home to California, she decided to do something about it.

“My mom told me about theShoe Drive that Kim Holistic Foot & Ankle Centerorganizes every year in Long Beach,” Hyndman stated. “It was a great opportunity to join a great team and start to donate. It is a wonderful feeling to help others.”

“Monica is our #1 shoe collector,” stated Dr. S. Don Kim, who started the shoe drive. “She involved her friends and family and together they collected more than 8,000 pairs of shoes. She is making the announcement at her school so kids can bring shoes that they no longer need.”


2014

18TH ANNUAL SHOE DRIVE

Thank you to everyone who participated in our 17th annual shoe drive and helped us make a difference to those in need. We really strive to have “No Shoe-Less Person in the World” and without everyone’s help and dedication we could never make all this possible.



2013

17TH ANNUAL SHOE DRIVE

Thank you to everyone who participated in our 17th annual shoe drive and helped us make a difference to those in need. We really strive to have “No Shoe-Less Person in the World” and without everyone’s help and dedication we could never make all this possible.


2012

16TH ANNUAL SHOE DRIVE

NO SHOELESS PERSON IN THE WORLD! BENEFIT THOSE IN NEED



2011

15TH ANNUAL SHOE DRIVE & FIESTA




2010

14TH ANNUAL SHOE DRIVE & KFAC 20TH BIRTHDAY FIESTA

An amazing turnout this year with even more to celebrate. August 10th we had lots of food, drinks, gift drawings, participant recognition certificates, live music by “Cathedral” and even a Birthday Pinata for the kids. Check out some of our snapshots of the fun.




2009

13TH ANNUAL SHOE DRIVE FIESTA!

August 11th a colorful Fiesta celebrated the completion of the 13th Annual Kim Foot and Ankle Centers Shoe Drive, at the Atlantic Ave office in Long Beach. Community businesses, patients, friends and family all joined in the fun. Everyone enjoyed a free lunch of tasty Mexican food from Los Pollos donated to the charity foundation by local health care vendors.

At the end of the Fiesta the Christian Outreach in Action, Community Advocate Program Services, Guam Communication, L.A. Community Services and the L.A. Homeless Ministry picked up and transported all the shoes collected to those in need.

A huge thank you goes to the terrific organizations that helped so much serving as drop-off sites for KFAC’s 13th Annual Shoe Drive



2008

12TH ANNUAL SHOE DRIVE

Thousands of People Now Have Shoes on Their Feet

It was another extremely successful year for the 12th Annual Kim Foot and Ankle Centers Shoe Drive.

With all the help of our friends, families, patients, and local businesses, we were able to collect over 10,000 pairs of shoes! Because of all the hard work from everyone we decided to celebrate Mardi Gras style. Everyone who entered our office had the pleasure of being draped with beads, wigs, and hats of various styles.

On August 12th before our local charities came to pick up their shoes, we were all treated to a wonderful free lunch that was donated by our gracious vendors Rebecca, Michael, Sonny, Lauren and Chris. We were treated to some delicious food from Fortune Cookie while we were entertained by music and conversation.

After our meal we all gathered outside around a huge mountain of shoes! Dr. Kim discussed his passion for this project he has been doing for 12 years. We were also able to meet local businesses who helped with our success. At the end of the presentation we met all the local charities who will be taking our donated shoes to give to those who are in extreme need of them.

A special thank you to all participants and to the charities for keeping this program alive and kicking every year. It gives us all a great feeling to know we are helping many people of all ages to have shoes on their feet. We look forward to making next year even more successful.

We would like to recognize all the wonderful, caring facilities and people that had boxes at their locations to collect shoes. We also had many people who volunteered to drive and pick up shoes from these locations and drop them off to us. Without all of you, the shoe drive wouldn’t have been so successful!

We also want to thank our local charities that came to pick up our collected shoes to give out to those in need. Year after year these charities continue to give to the community by placing shoes on adults and children’s feet.

  • Community Advocate Program Services
  • Christian Outreach in Action
  • Guam Communications
  • Baptist Church

2007

11TH ANNUAL SHOE DRIVE

Another successful year for the Kim Foot and Ankle Center’s, Annual Shoe Drive! For our 11th year we managed to collect over 8,000 shoes! We could not have done this without all the wonderful donations from our patients, friends, family, and our generous drop off sites. To kick off our shoe donation, we had a special Donation Celebration, Hawaiian Style! We decorated our office for a luau; our staff wore Hawaiian print scrubs and Hawaiian shirts, everyone received and wore leis; we had Hawaiian music playing inside and outside of our office. Our staff served wonderful Hawaiian food and desserts to everyone in attendance. It was a perfect day filled with sunshine, smiles, shoes, and success. After a wonderful meal and a few words from Dr. Kim, and our sponsors, we all got together to capture the event! Thank you all for attending! aA special thank you goes out to all offices who volunteered to have a box at their residence or place of business. Without you, we would never have had the great success! Thank you again!

Several charities were on hand to collect shoes. A special thank you to all of you who collected shoes for men, women, and children.

  • Christian Outreach Appeal
  • We Care
  • Community Advocate Program Services
  • Guam Communication
  • First Baptist Church

2006

10TH ANNUAL SHOE DRIVE

In 2007 we celebrated our 10th Anniversary of the Shoe Drive. At the Foot Festival, we also enjoyed a Health Fair with many of our Shoe Drive Sponsors hosting information booths from Chiropractic care to Massage Therapy to Acupuncture. We even had Tai Chi demonstrations!



2005

9TH ANNUAL SHOE DRIVE

The 2006 9th Annual Shoe Drive collected over 10,000 pairs of shoes!

2004

8TH ANNUAL SHOE DRIVE

For three months, the Shoe Drive Team makes weekly trips to our sponsors to collect the shoes donated. Sometimes we visit our sponsors several times a week to collect shoes! We collect shoes until our storage unit is filled to the ceiling!



2003

7TH ANNUAL SHOE DRIVE!

For three months, the Shoe Drive Team makes weekly trips to our sponsors to collect the shoes donated. Sometimes we visit our sponsors several times a week to collect shoes! We collect shoes until our storage unit is filled to the ceiling!




1997

Our 1st Shoe Drive, we collected 5,000 pairs of shoes to go to Mexico! We have since grown to collect over 10,000 pairs of shoes each year. Half of the shoes collected now are distributed among our local charities, and the other half are taken down to Mexico.