St. Pius Students Collect Hundreds of Shoes for ReUSU A SHOE Campaign

From the City of Urbandale:

Three St. Pius X Catholic School class rooms won awards from the City of Urbandale for collecting old athletic shoes. 

St. Pius X Catholic School partnered with the City of Urbandale to collect old athletic shoes as part of the City's Nike ReUSE A SHOE campaign. 

This is the second year in a row that the City has run a ReUSE A SHOE campaign and St. Pius X Catholic School has participated both years. 

The campaign is funded in large part by a grant by the Metro Waste Authority (MWA). The City thanks both St. Pius X Catholic School and the MWA for their support in this campaign. 

St. Pius X Catholic School collected old athletic shoes for a week in December 2012. 

Those 321 pairs of shoes collected will be shipped to Nike's recycling center to become material for athletic fields and playgrounds.  

To liven up the collection, the City offered an award and a prize to the classrooms that could collect the most pairs of old athletic shoes.  The winning class was Ms. Pederson's class. 

The second place award was a tie between Ms.Weibel & Ms. Halligan's class and Ms. Zimmerman's class. 

Mayor Andeweg presented the winning classrooms with awards and $150 prize for first place and $100 prize for second place on Thursday, January 24th.