In Print

Quick Cobbler's Homeless Shoes Program
BY NAGIN REZAIEAN
7:28 AM PDT, MON JANUARY 21, 2013

"Since 1985, Quick Cobbler, a long time Vancouver-based shoe repair shop, has been turning old shoes – that are in good shape – into comfortable footwear for the less fortunate; and over the past few decades, the program has handed out more than 25,000 pairs of shoes, boots, etc. to the homeless, impoverished, and those in transition."

 

 VANCOUVER. FEBRUARY 26 2013.
Brenda MacNeil poses inside Quick Cobbler in Vancouver, BC, February 26 2013.
"Cobblers have donated more than 25,000 pairs of refitted shoes to the homeless."

SOLE MAN: QUICK COBBLER TURNS OLD SHOES INTO NEW FOR DTES ORGANIZATIONS
June,03,2013
By: Megaphone Magazine

"The idea seemed simple enough: people drop off shoes they no longer wear, then, after inspecting them and making any necessary repairs, the cobbler would distribute them to organizations that in turn give out the shoes to homeless and low-income people."

Sole Survivors
August, 27, 2009
Vancouver Courier

"Ronald Nijdam, 50, owner of The Quick Cobbler on West Second Avenue and Yukon Street, operates a different kind of shoe repair shop, one more in tune for a younger, more fashionable crowd."

Emergency rooms for your damaged shoes and boots!
November, 7th, 2007
The Georgia Straight

"Should they stay or should they go? Your boots may have seen better days, but before you give up on your favourite pair of footwear, take those Fluevogs to one of the city's many repair shops."

Spring cleaning? Donate those old shoes to someone in need.
May, 21st, 2013
Metro

"Vancouver’s less fortunate have a little more spring in their step thanks to a local cobbler who has kept himself busy saving soles for the last 28 years."