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Jillian Roberts, a ninth-grader who runs track and cross country in Miami, sits with some of the roughly 100 shoes she collected this spring. It was Jillian's first shoe drive and she did a great job. Jillian put up boxes at three stores in the Miami area; the New Balance store at 8888 SW 136 Street; Footworks at 5724 Sunset Drive in South Miami, and the local JCC at 11155 SW 112th Ave.

"I really enjoy collecting shoes, and already feel like I have accomplished so much," Jillian wrote us.

Indeed she did, and her shoes went on several shipments, including our first shipment to Craiova, Romania. Olympic marathoner Luminita Talpos and her husband, Daniel, brought the shoes over to a school in Craiova. (watch for photos). The rest of the shoes went to Haiti and Honduras ... Congratulations to Jillian for her good work. We hope to continue working with her in the future.