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Hope Delivered to Horry County Families!
Posted on November 13, 2009

 

Myrtle Beach, SC (November 10, 2009)-Children in Horry County, South Carolina will receive a new pair of shoes as part of Lt. Governor Andre Bauer’s partnership with Samaritan’s Feet. There will be four shoe distributions on Saturday, November 14, 2009. The 1,000 pairs of shoes are part of Samaritan’s Feet (www.samaritansfeet.org) commitment to outfit tens of thousands of South Carolina residents.
 
The Lt. Governor will be at the Conway shoe distribution event, located at 710 Main Street at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at 9:30am. Also US Foods will present a check to Lt. Governor and Samaritan’s Feet Founder, Manny Ohonme as part of their partnership to help impoverished South Carolina residents. The event starts at 9:30am and will last until 2:00pm.
 
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 20,000 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 distributions.

"We are excited to be a part of this shoe distribution with Horry County residents and Lt. Governor Bauer,” said Manny Ohonme, Founder of Samaritan’s Feet. “We strive to help citizens in our back yard and it gives me great pleasure to give back to what I was given, my first pair of shoes.”
 
“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.
 
Shoe Distribution Locations:
·        St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 710 Main St., Conway (Lt. Governor in attendance at 9:30am.
 
·        Finklea Community Center, 3501 Hwy 917, Loris
 
·        St. Stephen’s Episcopal, 801 11th Ave. N, N Myrtle Beach
 
·        Tabernacle of Meetings, 530 Azalea Dr, Surfside