Do you have some shoes in your closet you don't wear anymore? Thinking of getting rid of them?

A charity in Osceola County is collecting shoes to help people in developing countries.

Advocates for MultiLingual Education in Celebration is collecting gently-used shoes as part of a fundraiser.

Funds2orgs will buy the shoes from AME. Funds2orgs supports microbusinesses in developing countries by repurposing the shoes and distributing them to people to be sold. The shoes will go to countries like Haiti, Ghana, Nicaragua, Togo, Guatemala, Bolivia, Tanzania and Senegal.

AME has about 1,600 pairs of shoes so far. The group's goal is 2,500 shoes.

AME is the charity arm of the Foreign Language Immersion School. The school teaches children in multiple languages from pre-school through the third grade.

If you wish to help, there are a number of donation locations in Osceola and Orange County. The group is collecting shoes through Oct. 2.

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