CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago high school athletes worked together to make sure thousands of homeless people have good shoes to wear.
Nearly 100 students from different high schools collected 3,000 pairs of shoes.
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Over the weekend, the shoes were put on display outside the Willis Tower as part of a 9/11 memorial.
On Wednesday afternoon, the students will pair up with Franciscan Outreach to hand out those shoes to people in need at a shelter in the 2700-block of West Harrison Street in Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood.
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Franciscan Outreach serves nearly 2,500 people in need each month. The organization operates out of the city's Wicker Park neighborhood. To find out more about Franciscan Outreach, visit www.franoutreach.org.