Our story
Empowering our community
At Touch a Sole Foundation, we strive to empower communities to overcome environmental obstacles while promoting education and leadership opportunities, providing footwear, and fostering physical activities — with a strong focus in sports. We meet kids where they are and give them what they need to rise.
K'Lavon Chaisson
Founder · NFL Linebacker
About us
Every sole deserves a shot.
Touch a Sole Foundation empowers communities to overcome environmental obstacles — promoting education and leadership, providing footwear, and fostering physical activity, with a strong focus in sports.
“My career gave me a platform. This is what I do with it — showing up for the communities that raised people like me.”
Our Mission
Empower communities to overcome environmental obstacles while promoting education and leadership opportunities, providing footwear, and fostering physical activities — with a strong focus in sports.
Our Vision
A world where no child is sidelined by circumstance — where every young person has the shoes on their feet, the guidance beside them, and the chance to compete, lead, and rise.
What we stand on
Three pillars
Equipment + Footwear Donations
Our donation programs provide equipment, coaching, footwear, and other resources to underserved youth programs in the areas where we're planted.
Community Engagement Events
Join us at one of our three signature events each year — from passing out food for families in need at Thanksgiving to our Hang with the Mustangs Youth Football Camp.
Educational + Leadership Programs
We advocate for the future of our youth with leadership opportunities and educational resources they can access after every event.
Our line
We show up so kids can step up.
Two meanings, on purpose. A sole is what you step in — and stepping up is what a young person does once somebody opens the door. The first half is our job: showing up, in person, every time. The second half is theirs.
The founder
Houston Made. Nationwide Reach.
Touch a Sole Foundation was founded by NFL linebacker K'Lavon Chaisson. Having come up through the game himself, K'Lavon knows what the right pair of shoes and one person's belief can do for a young life. Houston raised him, so the annual camp goes home every summer. But the drives, the Turkey Giveaway, and Shop With a Jock happen wherever he's planted — every city that's had him on its roster has had kids walk away with something. Now with the Washington Commanders, he's turning that platform into cleats, camps, and mentorship for the next generation.