Seattle - An estimated 80,000 shoes have been donated to Molly's Mission. The 22 year old Port Orchard woman was killed in January after a strong earthquake ravaged Haiti.

Molly Hightower went to Haiti to work with disabled orphans. With the help of her mother and aunt back at home, Molly organized a shoe drive for the children. She was in the process of delivering more than 400 pairs of shoes when the earthquake hit.

Ever since Molly's death, friends and family have carried out her mission. Donors from around the Northwest (including Idaho and California) collected thousands of shoes during January. Today they were all being sorted at the Service Steel Aerospace Warehouse in Tacoma where Molly's father works.

"We were thinking maybe we'd get 20,000 pair - we thought that was a lot. Turns out it looking more like 70,000 to 80,000 shoes," says Mike Hightower, Molly's father. "This is overwhelming."

Employees at businesses like Microsoft and Boeing collected shoes. Daycare centers and schools like the Seattle Girls School also held shoe drives. Primus International also donated their services to pick up and haul the thousands of shoes from collection drives all over the state.

Hightower says the drive went so well, they ran out of shipping carts.

"I want to thank everything for all that you've done."

Hightower thinks it will take at least six months for the shoes to arrive in Haiti. He adds he and his family plan on visiting Haiti sometime in the summer.

Friends of the Orphans will be posting pictures of the children once they receive their shoes.

While the shoe drive is over, people can still donate to her groun - Friends of the Orphans at www.friendsoftheorphans.org

To check on how your donations of shoes is helping in Haiti www.friendsoftheorphans.org/shoes