7-11-2023 7:10pm

Middle schooler starts Second Chance Sport Shoes and is accepting donations

Rockton Police Chief Matt Hollinger, Nathan Schmidt, and Rockton Planning Administrator Tricia Diduch

UPDATE: Nathan's Second Chance Sports Shoes has 160 pairs ready to hand out for free to those that need them on July 29, 2023 at 10 a.m. at the Stateline YMCA-Ironworks branch, 501 Third Street, Beloit, WI 53511

The approximate inventory, in whole sizes, was:
Soccer 21
11 K x 1
13 K x 1
1 Y x 4
2 Y x 4
3Y x 1
7 x 3
9 x 3
10 x 2
11 x 2
Baseball x 23
1 Y x 2
2 Y x 3
3 Y x 1
4 Y x 3
5 x 3
6 x 1
7 x 2
8 x 1
9 x 5
10 x 1
11 x 1
Football x 21
3 Y x 3
5 Y x 5
6 x 2
7 x 3
8 x 2
10 x 4
11 x 2
Wrestling x 2
5 x 1
6 x 1
Track spikes x 3
8 x 1
12 x 2
Golf x 1
9 x 1
Ice skates, figure skates, white
3 x 1
Regular Athletic Shoes 86
2 Y x 2
3 Y x 1
4 Y x 3
5 Y x 7
6 x 5
7 x 9
8 x 20
9 x 12
10 x 16
11 x 4
12 x 6

En Español: Alumno de secundaria inicia Second Chance Sport Shoes y está aceptando donaciones

Nathan Schmidt is a middle school student from Rockton and a member of the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS). His community project is collecting gently used sports shoes to give them a second chance by cleaning them up and delivering them to people in the community for free.

He will be at the Rockton River Market this Wednesday, July 19, so visit him at his booth to learn more about the project and to drop off any unwanted sports shoes and shoelaces in case any shoes need to be restrung.

He is also partnering up with the Stateline Family YMCA. He has collection boxes in various locations, and periodically, he will pick up the shoes and shine them up. He will have them ready to hand out for free to those that need them on July 29, 2023 at 10 a.m. at the Stateline YMCA-Ironworks branch.

Second Chance Sports Shoes gives gently used sports shoes a second chance to play and also helps our community by:

Providing kids with the shoes they need to stay active
Helping parents save money
Giving people in the community an opportunity to be involved
Reusing is a form of recycling that reduces landfill space

"This year he is just taking footwear, any type that gets kids out & moving. Depending on how it goes, he may extend to equipment next year" -Tammy Schmidt

Nathan has set up multiple drop boxes around town for people to access easily. Here are the locations: