BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Guarantee Shoe Center in downtown Bakersfield is helping people walk with a little more faith at its annual shoe drive for the homeless.
The business kicked off the drive Wednesday which is aimed to benefit Kern County’s most vulnerable people. That includes the homeless, domestic violence victims and trafficking survivors and the children of the Open Door Network.
The owner of Guarantee Shoe Center says he began the drive decades ago after seeing a need for it in Bakersfield.
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“Being downtown, the streets are hot, a lot of people, whether they’re homeless or just less fortunate, some people just like to go barefoot, but they were dodging wherever the sun was on the street, Rosco Rolnick, owner of the store said. “Because its extra hot there, the cement is hot. Um, they were looking for any cool spot and I said ‘Gee, there’s so many people without shoes, shoes that are falling apart, what can I do? Duh! I’m in the shoe business.’”…