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TNT’s Inside the NBA Crew to Put Best
Feet Forward |
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Following the NBA Playoffs coverage of the
New Orleans Hornets @ San Antonio Spurs
this Sunday at 8 p.m. |
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Turner Sports announced
today that TNT’s Inside the NBA announcers will
go barefoot on Mother’s Day, Sun., May 11, in an
effort to raise awareness for Samaritan’s Feet,
a charitable organization whose mission is to
help outfit 10 million impoverished children
worldwide with 10 million pairs of shoes in 10
years. Honor your mom by donating to
Samaritan’s Feet as we try and raise $64,000 on
Mother’s Day to help mom’s in Africa who
struggle every day trying to feed and put shoes
on her children. |
Samaritan’s Feet founder Emmanuel “Manny” Ohonme
will join TNT announcers Ernie Johnson, Charles
Barkley and Kenny Smith during the show, which
follows NBA Playoffs coverage of the New Orleans
Hornets @ San Antonio Spurs at 8 p.m. ET. The
segment will feature background information on
Samaritan’s Feet as well as how to get involved
and donate to the organization.
TNT’s Emmy award-winning studio host Ernie
Johnson on why he is involved with Samaritan’s
Feet: “My wife, Cheryl and I were watching
the news a couple months ago when ABC made Ron
Hunter, the coach at IUPUI their ‘person of the
week’ for coaching a game in his bare feet to
bring attention to Samaritan’s Feet, and we were
really touched. When I was at the Final Four in
San Antonio I met Manny Ohonme, the founder of
Samaritan’s Feet, who as a nine-year old boy in
Nigeria received his first pair of shoes. That’s
where his idea came from. We talked about the
possibility of doing something toward his
mission of putting 10 million pairs of shoes on
10 million kids’ feet worldwide within 10 years.
So with the help of folks here at Turner, and
the NBA, and shoe companies, and sponsors, we
decided to bring Manny into the studio on
Mother’s Day (May 11). Kenny, Charles and I will
start that night’s Inside the NBA post-game show
barefoot, and later will bring Manny on to talk
about Samaritan’s Feet and give him a donation
of money and shoes.”
Samaritan’s Feet founder Manny Ohonme on
joining the TNT studio show:
"I am very humbled by
Turner Sports, the NBA and the sponsors who have
stepped up to help children around the world who
don't have shoes. I met Ernie Johnson at the
Final Four and I quickly learned what a good man
he is and quickly picked up on his passion
towards helping people. I admire him and the
entire team at TNT. I am blown away by their
generosity towards children they'll never meet."
Turner Sports, Inc., a Time Warner company,
presents some of the best and most popular
sporting events worldwide and is a leader in
televised sports programming. With events airing
on TBS and TNT, Turner Sports’ line-up includes
NASCAR and NASCAR.COM, the NBA, Major League
Baseball, professional golf, and more.
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CONTACT INFO |
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Todd Melloh |
Email:
tmelloh@samaritansfeet.org
Phone: 317-417-3525 |
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THANK
YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF SAMARITAN’S FEET
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Mail, please address your envelope to ... |
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Samaritans Feet International
P.O. Box 78992
Charlotte, NC 28271-7045 |
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