Woodward worker helps others with Work Boot Ministry in Rockford area
ROCKFORD — For Darnel Royal of Woodward Inc., a conversation over a pair of ill-fitting work boots led him to what has become a nearly three-year mission to make sure no one misses a chance at a job because they can’t afford the right shoes. “At Woodward, they give us (steel-toed) work boots every year and one of my co-workers had some that hurt his feet,” said Royal, a 1993 Auburn High School graduate who has been an aerospace technician at Woodward for nearly 23 years. “He said to me, ‘you’ve got a big following (on Facebook), see if anyone needs some boots.”