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Hope Delivered To Charleston Families
Posted on October 09, 2009

 

Hope Delivered To Charleston Families
Charleston, SC (October 8, 2009)-Children in Charleston, South Carolina will receive a new pair of shoes as part of Lt. Governor Andre Bauer’s partnership with Samaritan’s Feet. The shoe distribution is part of the Convoy of Hope Experience, which will feature many free items, including clothes, food, games, a health fair, free haircuts and much more. 10,000 are expected to come enjoy the festivities. 
 
The event is on Saturday, October 10th and starts at 10:00am and will last until 2:00pm in the parking lots near Cosgrove and Spruill Avenues. The event location is near the Dorchester Rd exit off I-26.
 
South Carolina residents will have their feet washed, given a new pair of shoes, and touched with a message of hope. Samaritan's Feet (www.samaritansfeet.org) is a humanitarian relief organization that puts shoes on kid's feet all around the world. They have partnered with hundreds of volunteers to give these children a new pair of shoes. Lt. Governor Bauer’s shoe program has given away nearly 15,000 pairs of free shoes to impoverished South Carolina residents as part of the overall plan to giveaway 46,000 pairs of shoes.
 
In May, Lt. Governor Bauer kicked off the 46,000 pairs of free shoes campaign to South Carolina residents by presiding over the Senate in his bare feet. He has attended many of the free shoe giveaways.

"We are excited to be a part of this shoe distribution with Convoy of Hope and Lt. Governor Bauer,” said Manny Ohonme, Founder of Samaritan’s Feet. “Everything belongs to God and Samaritan’s Feet and Convoy of Hope will distribute what we have been given to the Charleston residents by demonstrating compassion and showering them with God’s love.” 
 
“I am so happy to have partnered with Samaritan’s Feet for these shoe distributions to our impoverished families,” said Lt. Governor Andre Bauer. “We have met so many wonderful families during our journey of distributions. It’s been an honor to serve our state and I look forward to continuing our program.”
 
For more information, please contact Todd Melloh at 317-417-3525.
 
 
About Samaritan's Feet
There are over 300 million children who go without shoes every day.  It's their only mode of transportation.  That's why Samaritan's Feet (www.samaritansfeet.org) was started. Samaritan's Feet is a humanitarian relief organization based in Charlotte, NC that puts shoes on the feet of children all around the world.  Our goal is to provide-10 million pairs of shoes for 10 million impoverished people in 10 years.  To date, nearly three million pairs of shoes for children around the world have been collected. 
 
Samaritan’s Feet was started in 2003 by President and Founder, Manny Ohonme.  Manny received his first pair of shoes at the age of 9 from a missionary.  He started playing basketball and other sports with this new pair of shoes.  He earned a spot on a traveling basketball team and eventually his high school team.  Upon graduating high school, he was offered a scholarship to play basketball at University of North Dakota (Lake Region). He later received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees and pursued a career in supply chain and software marketing.
 
 
About Convoy of Hope
Convoy of Hope is a faith-based humanitarian organization founded by Hal Donaldson.  At the age of 12, Donaldson's father was killed and his mother injured when a drunk driver hit their car head on. With his mother unable to work, Hal and his three siblings were thrust into poverty, required to learn to live without many of life's basic necessities. Local churches and the community rallied around the family providing them with food, clothing and shelter. It was through the demonstration of kindness and compassion that left the impression on them to one day help others as they had been helped. Thus, the idea for the Convoy of Hope was planted and in 1994 it became a reality.
 
Since then the humanitarian group has traveled the country bringing their gift of compassion to communities just like Charleston. They helped in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and now have chosen Charleston because of the need many of the residents have.