Charity Works: Rack Room Shoes Awards $10,000 Grants to Five Outstanding Teachers + More News

A monthly roundup of footwear brands and retailers that are participating in charitable causes. Share your news with us at web@footwearnews.com. Big Initiatives December 2021 Dec. 27, 2021: As part of its 2021 Teacher of the Year contest, Rack Room Shoes is awarding five teachers across the U.S. a $10,000 grant each for technology upgrades for their school as well as a $500 Rack Room Shoes gift card. Five teachers were selected from 399 nominations of teachers who had a positive impact in the lives of children. Rack Room Shoes is delivering the five grants to the winning recipients throughout December. Dec. 22, 2021: Through Academy Sports + Outdoors “Traveling Santa” initiative, the retailers identified individuals and families doing their holiday shopping in-store at their local Academy and surprised them by helping pay for their holiday gifts. This season, the company has donated more that $400,00 to its local community. The grassroots events also included in-store shopping sprees, bike donations and other giveback initiatives in 50 cities across Academy’s footprint. The events focused on giving back to first responders and children by donating to local chapters of the National Police Athletic League, Boys & Girls Clubs, Big Brothers Big Sisters and additional non-profits. In

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