The Limited Edition Boot from Bates Footwear Will Give 100% of Proceeds to Charities Benefiting Returning Soldiers

TYLER, Texas, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, national charity the Boot Campaign announced their new 100% Give Back Boot. The limited edition boot retails at $100 with a 100% of the proceeds going to charity - a first for the organization. These boots join the current offerings of more than a dozen different styles of give back combat boots, each with a $50 donation to charity. The campaign provides an easy and tangible way for Americans to show appreciation for troops, both past and present, raise awareness of the challenges they face upon return from duty and donate funds to charities supporting their transition home.

The 100% Give Back Boot was made possible thanks to an initial donation by Bates Footwear with a value of $360,000 for the Boot Campaign and their charity partners, with the potential for even more support in the future. The sturdy duo-toned boots are similar to the boot worn by the US Marine Corps, but with a stitching modification that does not meet the very high standards for combat.

Sherri Reuland, Executive Director of the Boot Campaign, says, "The 100% Give Back Boots are stitches away from being combat ready, and provide a feel and fit that exceed even our discerning taste in rugged footwear. The 100% Give Back Boot does not have the Boot Campaign brand on the heel, but they do have a likeness of the Marine Corps logo for die-hard military supporters!"

The Boot Campaign is a 501c3 non-profit, non-partisan grassroots military appreciation and veteran awareness campaign started by five women from Texas, known as the Boot Girls.  The Boot Girls launched the Boot Campaign in 2009 to spread awareness of the needs of military personnel returning home from combat and express gratitude to current military.  Through the sale of military combat boots, the Boot Campaign donates proceeds to a group of partner charities that work with soldiers healing from a variety of physical and emotional combat wounds, embodying the campaign motto that, "When They Come Back, We Give Back."  

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