In 2014 while serving my country in Afghanistan, I got an idea to start an organization that would help people in my community. It was one of the first things I did when I returned home from deployment. WC4Y started off providing families with clothes, Christmas presents, and food throughout the year and during the holiday season. However, it started to be a bit overwhelming with having such a broad spectrum. I was trying to fulfill every need in the community. That was unrealistic! I then decided to shift the focus and go with something that effected me growing up….. Shoes! Growing up in a single parent household I didn’t have the best shoes. On a few occasions I remember asking my mom for Air Force 1’s and getting K Swiss, or asking for Timberlands and getting Lugz. “She was a single parent, she bought me what she could afford.”
-JERVAY GALBERTH