San Clemente Man Sends 4,000 Shoes Across The Border

This week, we learned about a boy who collected 1000 socks for needy kids. But where would we be without shoes? A San Clemente, Calif. man has the answer. Don Glasgow's initial goal for helping needy families across the border was 200 to 300 pairs of shoes. What has resulted, amazingly, is nearly 2,000 pairs of new and used shoes, through donations from Glasgow's church congregation and residents of San Clemente, The OC Register reports.

"Thus far, 900 pairs have gone to Mexico ...300 pairs have gone to El Salvador," Glasgow said. "The balance will be picked up from my garage and taken to Mexico over the next few weeks. Then we are done for now."

Glasgow and his wife, Beverly, spent hours running every pair of non-leather shoes through their washing machine and then drying them on their back patio. To top it off, the couple collected nearly 60 bags of blankets, clothing, and necessities for families as well.

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