Welcome to our blog!

Hi, we're Jeff, Hayley, Christy, Alex, Kara and Keat from Haywood Community College (HCC) in Clyde, North Carolina.  We are in our final semester of Entrepreneurship classes and our class project is to produce a product.  During a snowstorm our local TV station aired a segment about Sole Hope and it pulled our heartstrings.  Enter Mrs. Asher Collie, the founder of Sole Hope.  She came to our class and opened our eyes with the following:

• Children in Africa are dying from a parasite called Jiggers
• The problem can be solved simply with a pair of shoes
• In Africa widows cannot own property.  When their husbands die they are left with no home and no income.
• Sole Hope will provide jobs for these widows and the people of WNC, and shoes for the orphans.
• The shoes are made from recycled materials

Our class is working with other students in the Machining Program to take a product from conception to manufacturing to consumer.  We don't want to just produce a product, we want to make a difference.  The product will be sold to raise money for Sole Hope.  We are currently finalizing our concepts and designs.  This blog is a record of our journey.