Saving soles

By T.L. MILLER

Herald Digital Editor

HUBBARD TOWNSHIP – A long line of people snaked through the parking lot of Chestnut Ridge Church of God on Monday as children from the area waited for a pair of free tennis shoes.

Rachael Williams and her daughter Skyla Williams, 6, of Sharon were some of the first people to pick from the 267 shoes available.

The free shoes are part of a Back-To-School Tennis Shoes Ministry for students in kindergarten to 12th grade attending school in Hubbard, Masury, Brookfield, Liberty, Girard, Sharon, Hermitage, Farrell or West Middlesex.

The only requirement for a free pair of shoes is the child must be enrolled in one of the

See SHOES, page A-2

Becky Peace and Pastor Rob McFarland look through a number of shoes given away to area children as part of a Back-To-School Tennis Shoes Ministry.

T.L. MILLER | Herald