GotSneakers - Sustainable Living & Fundraising Blog

Tips for Caring for Running Sneakers

Just like a lot of our personal belongings, we should do our best to take care of our running shoes. Check out these seven tips below that will surely get you more mileage in your sneakers. Give Your Shoes Some...

Tips for Embracing and Handling Sustainable Summer Fashion

Do you want to rip the runway in an eco-friendly way? We’ve got you covered. Here at GotSneakers we want to share some helpful tips to embrace summer fashion in sustainable ways. Check them out below. Don’t Follow Fashion, Lead...

Tips for Preparing for 2022 School Fundraisers

Fundraisers are created to bring awareness and raise funds for a cause. Here at GotSneakers, we put the fun in fundraisers. Check out our top 12 helpful tips below for fundraiser preparation this school year. Natural Lighting Tip When you’re...

Benefits of Choosing a Sustainable Fundraiser

A couple of cool and great things about sustainable fundraisers is that you’re helping this big beautiful green and blue planet called earth while raising funds at the same time. It’s a great way to support leadership, engage with the...

Raise Funds for Your School While Helping the Planet. We’ll Tell You How

Are you looking for a fun and innovative way to raise money for your school and protect the planet at the same time? Let GotSneakers show you how! Our sneaker-recycling campaign helps reduce waste and helps you raise money with...

How Does Thrifting Help the Environment?

Thrifting is the practice of offering your unwanted clothing items for sale with the intention of keeping them in circulation and out of landfills as long as possible. While we produce tons of clothing waste every year, we recycle only...

Adopting Sustainable Practices for Footwear

Few people think about how many chemicals or raw materials go into sneaker manufacturing. In addition, we rarely discuss the negative impact sneakers have on our environment when they’re disposed of at the end of their life cycle. As awareness...

3 Ways to Recycle Sneakers (Give Old Soles New Life)

Nothing beats the feeling of owning the perfect pair of sneakers; however, over time our shoes do eventually run out of miles to give. Once we start to look into new options, the average first thought is to throw away...

Tips on Avoiding Clothing Waste

It’s unfortunate but, today 57% of all clothing that is no longer wanted (including sneakers) ends up in a landfill. At the landfill, the clothing and shoes will sit for 40+ years to decompose, or they will be incinerated releasing...

PTA Alternative Fundraiser: Tips for Going Virtual!

If you run PTA fundraisers at your child’s school, you know that raising money is crucial for supporting programs that provide valuable education and experiences to students. However, the 2020-21 school year presents a challenge as school systems and families...