Here’s an idea to file away for later: getting work-boot companies to endorse, sponsor, or publicize your ministry’s goal of getting work shoes to people. For example in the small city of Red Wing, MN are the home offices and factory for Red Wing work boots. I’ve always had the impression that they are a decent bunch of people - the kind…
Here’s an idea to file away for later: getting work-boot companies to endorse, sponsor, or publicize your ministry’s goal of getting work shoes to people. For example in the small city of Red Wing, MN are the home offices and factory for Red Wing work boots. I’ve always had the impression that they are a decent bunch of people - the kind that would donate some work boots and use their corporate connections to help you find more funding. Once you’ve got a pilot project running, you might want to contact them.....
That will definitely be something I want to explore going forward. The idea behind the $50 gift card approach is that it is a simple straightforward approach--put a resource in the hands of businesses to directly resolve the challenge of having necessary footwear for new employees.
There is a double purpose here. By engaging with businesses and putting them in the "pipeline", so to speak, the business owner also gets to send a message of hope and support to new hires. The business owner is able to do something tangible to tell new hires "I got your back."
Not only does this resolve the challenge of not having proper work shoes for the new hire, but it also builds morale and is an easy means for the business owner to encourage retention among the staff.
Here’s an idea to file away for later: getting work-boot companies to endorse, sponsor, or publicize your ministry’s goal of getting work shoes to people. For example in the small city of Red Wing, MN are the home offices and factory for Red Wing work boots. I’ve always had the impression that they are a decent bunch of people - the kind that would donate some work boots and use their corporate connections to help you find more funding. Once you’ve got a pilot project running, you might want to contact them.....
That will definitely be something I want to explore going forward. The idea behind the $50 gift card approach is that it is a simple straightforward approach--put a resource in the hands of businesses to directly resolve the challenge of having necessary footwear for new employees.
There is a double purpose here. By engaging with businesses and putting them in the "pipeline", so to speak, the business owner also gets to send a message of hope and support to new hires. The business owner is able to do something tangible to tell new hires "I got your back."
Not only does this resolve the challenge of not having proper work shoes for the new hire, but it also builds morale and is an easy means for the business owner to encourage retention among the staff.
Everybody wins. Which is as it should be.