Souls4Soles
has given away nearly 12 million pairs of shoes to people in need. Donations can be left in the organization's numerous drop boxes nationwide or shipped to any of its three warehouses.
In 1989, when Oprah started a scholarship fund at Morehouse College, the all-male, historically black school in Atlanta, her goal was to help a few young men earn their degree. Little did she know she was setting off a chain reaction of giving that continues today.