One For One With Roma Boots

Looking for the perfect socially responsible rain boots for your family? Check out these Roma boots keeping dry the feet of children in need around the world.

Yesterday morning, for the first time since moving to Philadelphia, I checked the weather when I woke up in the morning. Thus far, our Philly adventure has been a pretty steamy one. We’ve enjoyed predictable summer heat and sun just about everyday. But this morning, as I walked out to the car, I felt a nice crisp chill in the air, a signal that fall and cooler weather are approaching.

After many years in Chicago, where sun and warm weather are hard to come by, I appreciate the sweltering summer days. But I still love fall more than any other season. That crisp air makes my day, and I definitely prefer pants and cozy sweatshirt over shorts and a tank top.

With cooler weather on the horizon, our boys needed warmer footwear. J has the “luxury” of wearing hand-me-downs, but T gets the new stuff (which isn’t usually “new” but only “new to him,” courtesy of plenty of secondhand shops). This time, though, I searched high and low for the right pair of boots for T in the secondhand shops and couldn’t find what I wanted.

So I headed to Roma Boots.

Roma Boots set out on a mission to ‘give poverty the boot.’ For each pair of boots purchased, Roma supplies a pair of boots to a child in need around the world. To date, they’ve provided boots to children in over 20 countries. While one-for-one programs aren’t always as wonderful as they sound, I appreciate that Roma Boots also donates 10% of proceeds to fund education, which certainly could use a boost in so many countries around the world.

T loved his new boots. I’m sure that was due, in part, to encouraging him to jump in puddles. What little kid doesn’t like that?!