Do you have sneakers/cleats you no longer wear or that just never felt comfortable? Want to avoid adding to our exploding landfills? Would you like to help provide excellent mental health care to your neighbors?
Have we got an easy plan for you! Drop those shoes off at one of two locations during the month of May. When we turn them in to the agency that collects them, we will receive a small payment for each shoe (every little bit adds up!) that will be added to our scholarship fund.
Drop off locations are:
- Firefly Yoga Studio (Ocoee location)
Mondays between 8:15am and 6:15pm
Tuesdays & Thursdays between 6:15am and 7:30pm
Wednesdays between 9:45am and 6:15pm
Fridays between 9:45am and noon
Saturdays between 8:15am and 9:45am
Shoe contributors will receive a coupon for one free class (Limit one coupon per person)
2. Joy Performing Arts in Oviedo
Mondays – Thursdays between 11am and 8pm
Saturdays between 9am and 1:30pm
(Closed memorial day weekend Friday-Monday
Shoe contributors will receive a coupon for one free class (Limit one coupon per person)
If you’ve been following us for any length of time, you know that as a team, we are passionate about service. Not only do we get hands on in the community, but as a company – we maintain our commitment to service through: 1) Each counselor keeping one client spot dedicated to a person who pays what they can afford. In this case, the counselor & practice absorb the financial loss. 2) A percentage of net profit is ear-marked for a scholarship fund that will enable recipients to obtain therapy at whatever fee they can pay. The difference between their payment and the counselor’s fee will be drawn from the scholarship fund.
2020 didn’t go according to plan when it came to reaching our fund goal but we are on track to start disbursing in July of this year!! To help the process along, we brainstormed ideas for fund raising and came across this sneaker idea which we love because it’s a win-win: not only do we generate funds but we also contribute to good stewardship of the planet.
We have had supporters offer to donate directly to this fund once they heard about it but we had not set up a way to make this happen. Now we have a link!! Please know that Phenix is not a 501c3 organization. With the tax law changes in 2018 which effectively made itemized deductions no longer worthwhile for the average taxpayer – we cannot justify the cost of setting up a non-profit organization for the scholarship fund. We would rather put every penny directly into covering counselor fees… That said, if you would like to donate directly to the scholarship fund – just click the link below. We have set it up to clearly mark the transaction as a fund donation so it is allocated correctly.