Build shoes for kids who’ve never owned a pair.
Sole Purpose turns your team into a production line with a purpose — assembling durable shoes and standing up a lasting ‘Shoe Bank’ for children in need.
Shoes That Matter, in a nutshell.
Sole Purpose — Shoes That Matter — pairs an eye-opening look at what it means to go without with the hands-on work of building real, durable shoes for children who need them.
Perspective
Ever walk a mile in someone else’s shoes? What if they had none at all? A grounded, human reminder of what teams can do together.
Process & flow
Teams build and refine a real production line — operations in action.
Shared purpose
Everyone contributes to a tangible, countable result.
Works at any size
From 10 to 5,000, scaled to your room.
Three moves from bag-of-parts to unforgettable.
See the need
A short, honest framing helps the team understand what owning a first pair of shoes means to a child.
Build the shoes
Teams organize into a production line and assemble durable, ready-to-wear shoes at scale.
Create a Shoe Bank
The finished shoes form a lasting ‘Shoe Bank’ distributed to children through local partners.
Your team builds something real — for a child who needs it.
Every pair is donated to a child who has never owned shoes, through local charity partners — measurable impact your CSR team can report.
Shoes That Matter FAQs
What is the Sole Purpose activity? +
Sole Purpose (Shoes That Matter) is a shoe build team building activity. Teams assemble durable shoes for children who have never owned a pair and create a lasting Shoe Bank distributed through local partners.
Can this support CSR reporting? +
Yes. We provide participation numbers and donation totals so your team development doubles as documented community impact.
How many people can take part? +
From 10 to 5,000, including conference general sessions.
How long does it take? +
Most sessions run 60 to 90 minutes, tailored to your agenda.
What’s included? +
Everything to run it end to end: a lead facilitator and event crew, all build materials and kits, the charitable donation of what your team builds, plus full setup and teardown. You bring the room and your people; we bring the rest.
How much does it cost? +
Pricing depends on your group size and city, and it’s set per participant with the charitable donation included. Tell us your group and we’ll send a tailored proposal, usually within a business day.
A few of the thousands of teams who trust us
What teammates wrote on the spot.
Unedited comments from participant evaluation forms across our give-back events. Only lightly de-duplicated.
Bring Shoes That Matter to your team.
Tell us your group size, venue and dates. We’ll design an event your people — and a community of kids — will never forget.
We reply within one business day. No obligation.