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Soles4Souls University RV Tour: Weeks 9 & 10

Soles4Souls University RV Tour: Weeks 9 & 10

At the time of the last update, we had just gotten back from Missouri, to our hometown of Florence, Alabama (named as one of the Top 11 Small Towns in the U.S. to live, by the way!).  On the first Friday of each month, the city of Florence opens its (Continue reading…)

Soles4Souls University RV Tour: Week 7 & 8

Soles4Souls University RV Tour: Week 7 & 8

What a wonderful couple of weeks we’ve just had!  From Florida to Missouri, people have been going above and beyond for Soles4Souls!  Our travels during this trip began in Tallahassee at Florida State University.  We visited this year on behalf of ‘Noles For Haiti, a student led service group focused (Continue reading…)

Soles4Souls University RV Tour 2012: Week 6

Soles4Souls University RV Tour 2012: Week 6

Wow!  What an incredible week Heath and I have had!  Our time this week has been split between two rival universities that are both supporting the Soles4Souls cause:  Alabama and Auburn. Last April, a terrible line of storms rolled through Tuscaloosa, producing a mile-wide tornado that wreaked havoc on the (Continue reading…)

Soles4Souls University RV Tour 2012: Week 4 & 5

Soles4Souls University RV Tour 2012: Week 4 & 5

After traveling around the South a bit, the road has carried us back to our sweet home Alabama!  The RV Tour recently visited to familiar campuses:  Samford University and the University of North Alabama.  We spent a gorgeous, breezy Monday at Samford University in a prime locale on campus:  Talbird (Continue reading…)

Soles4Souls University RV Tour 2012: Week 2

Soles4Souls University RV Tour 2012: Week 2

This week of travels has carried from Knoxville, Tennessee into beautiful Kentucky!  Sebree and Owensboro to be exact.  The week began with a great visit to University of Tennessee.  UT is participating in our SEC Shoe Drive Challenge this year and invited Heath and I on campus for its kickoff (Continue reading…)

Soles4Souls University RV Tour 2012: Week 1

Soles4Souls University RV Tour 2012: Week 1

It’s 2012 and the Soles4Souls RV Tour is back on the road!  This week we’ve been in Mississippi visiting our friends at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi and Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi. These are campuses we had the had the pleasure of visiting last year, so to (Continue reading…)

Soles4Souls University RV Tour Meets Whitney Henderson

Soles4Souls University RV Tour Meets Whitney Henderson

Heath and Melissa Bain, the RV Tour team sent us their final update of this past tour. As they plan for 2012 they also share one of their favorite memories of this past year: meeting Whitney Henderson. Read on to learn about this fearless cross-country runner. As we say goodbye (Continue reading…)

Soles4Souls University RV Tour: Week 31

Soles4Souls University RV Tour: Week 31

Heath and Melissa Bain have been traveling in our Soles4Souls RV for a long time now – and they’re not about to stop any time soon! For the past 31 weeks, the newlywed couple have toured the United States in an RV, visting universities, events and making other special appearances. To (Continue reading…)

Soles4Souls University RV Tour: Week 30

Soles4Souls University RV Tour: Week 30

Heath and Melissa Bain have been traveling in our Soles4Souls RV for a long time now – and they’re not about to stop any time soon! For the past 30 weeks, the newlywed couple have toured the United States in an RV, visting universities, events and making other special appearances. To (Continue reading…)

Soles4Souls University RV Tour: Week 29

Soles4Souls University RV Tour: Week 29

Heath and Melissa Bain have been traveling in our Soles4Souls RV for a long time now – and they’re not about to stop any time soon! For the past 28 weeks, the newlywed couple have toured the United States in an RV, visting universities, events and making other special appearances. To (Continue reading…)