Small steps.
Bigger futures.

Providing new back-to-school shoes for students who need them, so every kid can start the year with confidence.

Ways to Help Request Shoes See the Shoe Board →

Questions? Read the FAQ Download our Flyer

Leslie Morman
Her Story

Leslie Morman

Leslie Morman was a single mother from Buffalo, Texas who spent her life doing whatever it took for her children and the students she served. After becoming a mother at 20, she left Texas A&M to raise her son, then later went back to school while raising two kids on her own. She became a teacher and counselor, then later worked in the school district's administrative office.

"Money was tight growing up, but she worked 3–5 jobs at times to make sure her kids never walked into school feeling less than anyone else."

New shoes, school clothes, good grades, sports, and education mattered because she knew kids notice when they feel different.

Leslie's Laces exists because she understood that confidence can start with something as simple as a new pair of shoes. This is a way to carry her love for kids, education, and dignity into the next school year — and every school year after.

The Magic Stays at Home

Leslie's Laces helps quietly so the moment can stay where it belongs.

When a student gets new shoes for the first day, we want them to feel like someone at home made it happen. A parent, grandparent, or guardian found a way. They came through. They made the first day feel special.

That is the kind of magic Leslie's Laces exists to protect.

How It Works

Rather watch than read? Colton walks through the whole thing.

Cover a Pair

Simple, private, and dignified — from request to delivery.

Families submit a private request — just a name, size, and category. Nothing else.

Leslie's Laces reviews each request and posts it anonymously to the Shoe Board.

Supporters pick a request and cover the cost of that pair — we buy the shoes.

We get the shoes to the family before the first day of school.

Around $60 covers most pairs.

Some supporters give toward the general fund. Others choose one anonymous request and cover that pair directly. Every bit moves another student closer to a new first day.

Need shoes for your student?

Requests are kept completely private. We just need a name to reach you, a size, and a category — that's it.

Request a Pair
The Shoe Board

The Shoe Board

This is where it lives: real, anonymous shoe requests from real students — nothing but a size and a category. No names, no stories. Choose a request, cover it, and watch it get crossed off — we buy the shoes and ship them straight to the family.

The board shuffles every time the page loads — no line, no favorites, every child gets a turn near the top. That's also why sharing matters so much: every share is another load, another shuffle, another chance for a student to be seen and crossed off.

See the full Shoe Board →
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The goal is simple: cross every student off the list.

Need shoes for your student?

Requests are completely private. We just need a name to reach you, a size, and a category.

Request a Pair
Privacy by design. No student names. No addresses. No photos. No public stories. Every entry is reviewed before going live. Supporters see a size. Students see a new pair of shoes.
Ways to Help

Three ways to help.

Stream the song, cover a pair on the board, or give to the fund. Every one of them ends the same way: a kid walks into school in new shoes.

The August Drive

Every stream helps.
Literally.

In July, Colton Lane promised $1 for every stream of his song "All Grown Up" — and it raised $1,487 of the $1,500 he pledged, enough to sponsor 25 kids. That went well enough to run it again: through August he is putting in 25 cents a stream, up to $300, which sponsors another 5.

If giving to the fund or sponsoring a kid yourself isn't where you're at right now, streaming and sharing the song is another way to get shoes on feet.

The song — and all of this — started with one person. Read Leslie's story ↑

All Grown Up — album cover Listen on Spotify

Pick a pair on the board

Choose one anonymous request — a size, a category, a town — and cover that exact pair. You slide across the entry and cross that child off the list yourself. This is the heart of Leslie's Laces.

Pick a pair to cover ↑

Give to the general fund

Rather not choose? Give any amount and we'll put it straight to work covering pairs on the board — every dollar still ends up on a kid's feet.

Give to the fund ↓

Can't give right now? Handing out a flyer works too — Download our Flyer Print it, write in how many kids are waiting in your town, and take it to a local business.

The Founders

Colton & Taryn

Colton and Taryn

Colton and Taryn are siblings from Buffalo, Texas. They created Leslie's Laces together in honor of their mother, Leslie Morman — a teacher, counselor, and single mom who spent her life making sure her kids and her students knew they were more than their circumstances.

After losing her to cancer, they wanted to build something that carried that same belief forward. Leslie's Laces is their way of making sure kids in their community start every school year with the same confidence their mom always fought to give them.

Get Involved

Let's build this together.

Want to cover a pair, partner with us, volunteer, or simply learn more — we'd love to hear from you.

Or just leave a few words — the best ones end up on our homepage.

Need shoes for your student? Please don't use this contact form — use the shoe request form so your child's request is entered correctly.

Direct email:

info@leslieslaces.org

Messages go directly to info@leslieslaces.org. Shoe requests can't be taken through this form — please use the shoe request form instead.