About

Starting Semester: Spring 2027
Assigned: No
Location: Wadley, Alabama

Soles4Souls

Client Profile

Soles4Souls is a global nonprofit organization that exists to eliminate wasted potential by re-purposing donated used and new shoes clothing and accessories around the world. In fiscal year 2026 (ending June '26) Soles4Souls processed over 10 million pieces of shoes, clothing, and accessories. The organization is global, headquartered in Nashville, TN, and operates with over 85 employees across 100's of countries around the world. Our programs are as follows:

Our Programs
4Opportunity: Soles4Souls sells and distributes shoes and clothing through
our international partners to help people build small businesses.

4EveryKid: Soles4Souls partners with schools to get new athletic shoes to
children who are experiencing homelessness, eliminating a barrier to
educational and extracurricular opportunities.

4Relief: Soles4Souls helps get new shoes and clothing to people in crisis
situations, freeing up financial resources they can use toward other needs.

Solutions4Good: Through sorting, grading, recommerce, repurposing,
repairing, and responsible end of life solutions, we extend the life of shoes and
clothing to maximize their impact while reducing environmental waste.

Project Description

Soles4Souls has a need for a creative systemic engineering solution in our Wadley Alabama 300,000 square foot facility to help us sort, categorize, and ultimately maximize the value of our donated product across shoes, clothing and accessories. The goal of this visual sortation and data gathering system would ultimately be to help our non-profit partners around the world create the best economic value of the donations they receive. We envision a team creating a visual A/I solution, that both collects data and guides the best utilization of donated product. We work with global athletic brand donations as well as global fashion brand accessory donations.

The solution we are seeking to implement will allow Soles4Souls to:
1. Speed up our sorting by category of shoes, clothing and accessories
2. Maximize merchandising & sizing needs by country served
3. Help with pairing single samples from national brands across different seasons
4. Guide the best mix of donated product by non-profit need
5. Ultimately create a library of donated product data that allows us to maximize value for the receiving non-profit partners

Skills

Knowledge of most visual sortation A/I capabilities and scanning technologies. General understanding of merchandise and the donation process.

Data Access Requirement