A woven community empowered by purpose.
When you purchase a pair of shoes from Poppies with Purpose, our hope is to ignite courage and connection for you and your loved one facing a cancer diagnosis, one colorful shoe at a time.
Discover the BrandIt is what you will continuously hear when you wear our Signature Pink Poppies. We design purposefully colored shoes to ignite feelings of bravery and connection when a cancer diagnosis enters your world. No one should walk a cancer journey alone and our shoes are your reminder.
This summer, as we all celebrated America's 250th birthday and the spirit of community, we looked forward by giving back through our Staple Navy Blue Classic.
October is breast cancer awareness month and we donate 20% of our sales to Runway for Recovery, a non profit providing grants to families impacted by breast cancer. You can help us continue to donate to Runway for Recovery all year, when you purchase our R4R x Signature Pink shoe.
Send personalized shoes with letters that make her feel loved with every step of her day.
Our mission, is to give you comfortable shoes with a purposeful meaning behind every color, to support you and your loved one.
Embrace your orange era and walk with purpose, supporting those impacted by Leukemia and Kidney Cancer (Or maybe you love Taylor Swift, like us and find yourself dancing to all of her legendary music.)
Personalize your Poppies? Yes please! Add the extra love with our charms and create a personalized pep in your step.
"Do you have kids Poppies?" We hear this a lot. So, we sampled our Signature Pink shoe in kids sizes and to our delight, our model danced with pure joy in her Poppies. Maybe we need to extend the sizing of our Signature Pink Shoe to include children's. Thoughts?
The Signature Pink shoe was created to mimic the original shoe that brought courage, color and connection through a breast cancer journey.
Lets connect and do great work together. Want a creative way to fundraise for your cause with our colorful shoes? Drop us a note and lets connect more people by walking together.
It all started with a breast cancer diagnosis and the bravery found from wearing pink ballet flats.
The Signature Pink Shoe was designed to spark bravery, courage and connection for you or a loved one facing a breast cancer diagnosis. Whether you wear our shoes for your own journey, send them to a loved one as a gift of support, or to honor someone who fought a courageous cancer battle, we hope our pink shoes ignite the power to be strong and brave with every step taken.
Shoes arrive in a washable, reusable, hand made duster bag, in the original bright and colorful pattern from the 1950’s, that was the original “duster” or aka “house coat” pattern of the founders grandmother.
Want to make your shoes feel extra special? We have charms. Add a letter, or full initials or an embossed heart to make your shoes feel extra special
76 Pairs, 1 Purpose.
This summer, as we celebrate America’s 250th birthday and the spirit of community, we want to look forward by giving back with our Staple Navy Blue Classic shoe.
We are focused on gifting 76 pairs of our Staple Navy Blue shoe to spark joy and courage for colon cancer patients navigating their uncertain road ahead.
For every pair of our Staple Navy Blue shoes purchased this summer, we will donate a pair with our goal of impacting 76 lives.
March is colorectal cancer awareness month but we launched our summer initiative, centered around community, awareness and igniting courage through our steady Staple Navy Blue shoe because for some, cancer is everyday.
You might be wearing these to brave your own colorectal cancer journey. Maybe you are gifting them to support a loved one currently fighting or you want to honor a loved one who fought their own courageous battle. No matter the person or the reason, we are cheering you on every step of the way, because no one walks alone on a cancer journey!
For up to date information on prevention and treatment, check out www.colorectalcancer.org
Our Knock Out Orange Shoe is here to be bright and bold while sparking the strength and bravery for those facing Kidney Cancer or Leukemia.
Like our pink and navy purposefully colored shoes, we hope the bright orange color brings connection and support to a loved one’s cancer journey with the daily reminder to be BOLD, that you are BRAVE and shine BRIGHT with a pop of color on any cancer journey.
The world will see you and will want to know your story. We say “share it, boldly and bravely!”
Don’t know their shoe size? No problem.
You can give the gift of courage and colorful connection anytime with an electronic gift card or beautifully printed hard copy in the mail.
Let us know in the notes if you’d like a physical gift card to hand deliver or an electronic version to be emailed.
Feel the power of giving Poppies!
We started donating our Signature Pink Poppies shoes in 2023 and it has become the most meaningful tradition, thanks to people like you.
It began with an email from friends and family asking how they could help share more Poppies shoes. So we started our delivery of Poppies for Patients twice a year and it has become our most cherished tradition.
When you choose to purchase Poppies for Patients, we fill our tote for a day of deliveries to MGB and Dana Farber during the holidays and spring season.
We are beyond grateful for people like you, who help us bring cheer to those impacted by this disease and remind them, they are never walking alone!
We love personalization. Don’t you?
Mothers Day is coming soon (5/10/26). Why not personalize her shoes to give her an extra pep in her step?
Personalize Poppies by adding meaningful letters (ie: initials, X-O, or MOM) We will create a charm stack trio, making your Poppies unique and one of a kind.
Tell us what letter(s) you’d like and we will create a stack of three charms, bringing the extra pep in your step for anything coming your way!
Cheers to always finding the pop of color each day.
When you purchase a pair of shoes from Poppies with Purpose, our hope is to ignite courage and connection for you and your loved one facing a cancer diagnosis, one colorful shoe at a time.
Discover the Brand
We donate various percentages, annually to non profits like Runway For Recovery, who’s mission is to have a direct impact on families facing a breast cancer diagnosis on a daily basis. Let’s walk together so we can have more thrivers, rocking their colorful shoes, telling their cancer story.
Our shoes are intended for anyone needing a colorful boost of courage and connection in their life but most importantly during their cancer journey. Cancer can rob us of many things, but it cannot take away our spirit. Why not send strength and ignite courage through solidarity with our meaningful colors to those that need it most!?
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