At Rankin Elementary in Greensboro, they call her the “Shoe Lady.”
Youth Development Coordinator Crystal Black is just fine with that. It’s not because she wears cool shoes. It is because she noticed shoes the kids were wearing and decided to work to get them new ones.
“I see it every day,” she said. “I see them too small, and they are inching down the hallway because their feet are hurting or they are flopping and you can hear this big flop because they are two or three sizes too big.”