This blog post is a long time over due, but Restored Soles 2011 was a great success. For those not familiar with the project, Room 322 partnered with two local Jamaican organizations JANA &  the Honorary Consult of Jamaica in Edmonton to host a sneaker drive for youth in Jamaica.

I am proud to say that we met our goal and raised over 500 pairs of sneakers to send to Jamaica. This wouldn’t be possible without the large amount of volunteers, but more importantly you the supporters! All of your donations will have such a big impact on the youth in Jamaica. If you didn’t have a chance to make it down to the event you missed out on some amazing Jamaican cuisine provided by JANA consisting of Jerk Chicken, Roti, Patties, and assortment of Jamaican pops.

Restored Soles held a second event and partnered with Red Star pub on their monthly Reggae Parties evenings. If you never been to these monthly make sure to check out this Wednesday, October 5 at Red Star.

New precedent been set in #YEG. Check out more pictures below!

To help cope with that busy lifestyle, we have changed our store hours.

Monday – Saturday
11AM – 9PM
Sundays
1PM – 5PM

Also phone orders and inquires are always welcome 780.758.4496

Thanks to everyone who participated we will be sending a message to over 320 Youth in Jamaica. We have a ton pictures from the event, so check back later for the update. Thank you for the donations.

This Saturday Restored Soles will be jumping off and to spark this great initiative we will be giving away 6 – 4oz Jason Markk Premium Cleaning Kits. We have teamed up with local dj and club owner dj JuniorBrown to provide our twitter subscribers an opportunity to win free swag!

We will pick the winners at random, but here are the rules…

1. Follow @Room322 and @blairjunior on twitter ( if you are already following us on twitter you can still win)
2. Retweet this message: Follow @Room322 & @blairjunior for the chance to win a @Jason_Markk cleaning kit for #RestoredSoles http://alturl.com/oz2cv

Six winners will be chosen and prizes will be available on Saturday!

bobbyt: To give everyone some perceptive into Restored Soles, this project was inspired by a minor contribution that Room 322 back in 2009. We sent only a handful of pairs of sneakers for youth in Jamaica and the kids where more then happy to receive them. Over here in Edmonton we take a lot for granted and simple things such as shoes are highly valued in countries like Jamaica, especially to the youth who can’t even afford a decent pair.

Room 322 hopes to make a difference to the youth in Jamaica and hope you will help us.

In addition to the shoe drive, Restored Soles will be hosting a mini-block party behind Room 322 where there will be Jamaican food, drinks and music from 12-8 PM. Their will be giveaways, live performances,  and much more! All are welcome… kids, youth, adults, seniors so spread the word.

One love,

The end of May was highlighted with the release party for The BKc by Brooklyn Circus. This release party was for the Spring/Summer 2011 collection, which consisted of L/S & S/S button ups, lightweight cardigans, 8 panel hats, and cotton varsity jackets.. It was great to run into familiar faces and the opportunity to connect with people under the Room 322 roof. If you missed out the event we still have a selection of The BKc collection available in store.

Special thanks to everyone behind the scene who help pull this event together.

Today was another busy day in preparation for the BKc by Brooklyn Circus Spring / Summer release party. We are pulling out all stop to insure that this event is an experience rather then just a party, so we were out looking for some vintage items add to the store.

Hidden gems were all around us and it was hard not to get lost in everything.

Since ’08 Room 322 has always been organically changing our store layout and design to match our way of thinking. Back in April, we had the opportunity to take a trip to a small town called Two Hills bring a piece of history in Alberta to the shop. Majority of fixtures around Room 322 has a story, or history behind it and we felt our latest edition really showcase the character of Room 322.

During this trip we learned a great deal of information about Two Hills and about Farm lifestyle, which isn’t has bad as you think…

Great week a head with lil wayne’s I AM MUSIC TOUR 2 coming to the capital city. Room 322 has partnered up with UrbanElite to giveaway 15 tickets to the official afterparty at The Treasury on Thursday, April 28. For those unfamiliar with Urban Elite they are the people behind a number of the biggest parties in Edmonton including The Official Jay-Z After-party, which blew up upon Mr. Carter arrival late 2010.

Room 322 thanks everyone continued support and we want to give some back to all the followers and readers.

We will pick the winners at random, but here are the rules…

1. Follow @Room322 and @thumpstar on twitter ( if you are already following us on twitter you can still win)
2. Retweet this message: Follow @Room322 & @thumpstar and you could win tickets to the “I AM MUSIC TOUR 2″ After-Party hosted by #UrbanElite http://t.co/JpGczRc

Five winners will be chosen daily up to Wednesday, so do not sleep on this.