A Fuzzy Feet Friend Program is a great project for a class, youth group, family, business or other organization. The following information will give you valuable tips for preparing your donation.

Slipper Collection

• Groups part of the Fuzzy Feet Friend Program are responsible for obtaining the slippers that will be donated
• For health and quality control reasons, all donated slippers must be new and still have the retail tags attached. Please do not accept slippers if they come to your group without tags.
• Collect slippers for boys and girls of all ages – infants to 18. Collecting slipper socks are recommended for infants and extra large teen sizes. Some teen boys have size 12 feet!
• Collect slippers that are fun, colorful and appeal to kids.

Slipper Preparation

• After you receive the slippers, all shoeboxes, plastic, tissues, cardboard and packaging materials should be removed from the slippers. Keep slippers attached together.
• We recommend you keep the slippers attached together and tag the slippers with a note that reads “Donated with love from (the name of your organization).”  You can purchase a tag gun at any office supply store to be used by an adult leader.
• Predetermine how many children will be at the distribution site. It’s best to take extra slippers because the children’s sizes vary so much. For example, if you expect 70 kids to be at the hospital or homeless shelter, you should take 150 pairs of slippers.

Hospital Deliveries

• In order to make a hospital delivery, your group’s adult leader must obtain permission from the head of the hospital’s child life or pediatric department.
• Ask your hospital representative about the hospital’s policies regarding the distribution of slippers to patients.
• Many hospitals will not let individuals personally deliver slippers to kids because the patients are too ill and/or hospital policies prohibit such visits. If this is the case, dropping off or giving the slippers to the child life director or the head of pediatrics for the hospital to distribute is less complicated and recommended especially if you are donating a smaller amount of slippers.
• If you are donating a very large amount of slippers (over 100) sometimes you can get permission to visit the hospital’s playroom to give a few patients slippers. You can leave the rest for the pediatric team to distribute after you leave. In this circumstance, we recommend that only one adult and one child distribute the slippers.

Deliveries to Shelters and Group Homes

• Your adult leader is required to get permission from the facility’s director.
• Shelters and group homes often have fewer restrictions than hospitals. Check with the facility’s director to see if the children in your organization will be allowed to visit the shelter and distribute slippers. Follow the shelter’s/group home’s guidelines.

Please remember that Fuzzy Feet is here to bless and serve our communities in a creative and caring way. Children who are staying in hospitals, homeless shelters and group homes may be going through a difficult time in their lives. Please respect the children, their families and the organization you are visiting. Photographs during the deliveries are discouraged and usually not allowed at hospitals, homeless shelters and group homes.
 
To be a part of the Fuzzy Feet program you must complete and mail back the Fuzzy Feet Friend Program Form each time you donate. Write us about your Fuzzy Feet experience along with a photograph of your group, school or family collecting and preparing slippers and we will post them on Fuzzy Feet’s website at www.fuzzyfeet.com.

Happy Fuzzy Feet Day!