Sammi 'Sweetheart' Wants 50,000 Pairs of Shoes for Needy Children

Reported by MTV ACT

There's a whole lotta heart at the ol' "Jersey Shore." Vinny hates bullies, Snooki loves firemen, JWoww volunteers her time to help kids with autism and Sammi is stepping it up now too, wearing her cause on her sleeve. Or her feet, as it were. Or, technically, from her feet. Bear with me...

Soles4Souls is a nonprofit that gathers up shoes either from personal donations or, more commonly, from shoe stores' unused inventory. The organization estimates that more than 300 million children around the world have never owned a single pair of shoes, and Sammi "Sweetheart" isn't having it. The "Jersey Shore" starlet is rallying her fans to help raise $50K for 50,000 kids around the world who desperately need footwear.

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