Samaritan’s Feet and Elevation Church Partner to Provide New Shoes and Encouragement for Charlotte Children

MEDIA ALERT
February 16, 2011

Samaritan’s Feet and Elevation Church Partner to Provide New Shoes and Encouragement for Charlotte Children

What:
Humanitarian non-profit Samaritan’s Feet is proud to announce its Shoes of Hope shoe distribution event in Charlotte, NC.
500 students from Druid Hills Elementary School will be blessed with new shoes and have their feet washed by volunteers from Elevation Church. This distribution is part of Elevation Church’s “LOVE Week.” They are seeking to serve 50 thousand combined hours in the Charlotte community.

Who:
This Samaritan’s Feet organized event will be held at Reid Park Elementary School and is sponsored by Elevation Church.

Why:
These efforts are to bestow children with a new pair of shoes and a message of hope – to meet physical needs and inspire young people to believe in the value of life and service.

Who Should Attend:
Children have been pre-registered but media guests are welcome for photo and video opportunities. This event is not open to the public.

When:
February 18, 2012
9:00am – 2:00pm

Where:
Druid Hills Elementary School
2801 Lucena St.
Charlotte, NC 28206

About:
The people of Samaritan’s Feet believe that shoes are so much more than status symbols and fashion accessories. A new pair of shoes can be a symbol of hope and the source of life to a person in need. The Samaritan’s Feet Shoes of Hope distributions are designed to both meet physical needs and inspire young people to believe in the value of life and service. These distributions are the outpouring of the Samaritan’s Feet dedication to changing hearts and lives forever.

Samaritan’s Feet is a 501(c)(3) humanitarian aid organization that shares a message of hope and love through washing the feet of impoverished children around the world and adorning them with new shoes. There are an estimated 300 million children who go without shoes every day and more than 1 million that die each year from foot borne disease. Our goal is to provide 10 million pairs of shoes for children in the next 10 years, and since 2003 Samaritan’s Feet and its team of 70,000 ambassadors have blessed an estimated 3.5 million children in over 62 nations.

Samaritan’s Feet was started in 2003 by Manny Ohonme who received his first pair of shoes at the age of 9 from a missionary. Those shoes allowed him to learn and play the game of basketball, which ultimately earned him a scholarship to the University of North Dakota (Lake Region). Manny went on to receive his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees and pursued a successful career in supply chain software industries. A simple pair of shoes and the kindness and compassion shared by this missionary changed the course of Manny’s life.

Media Contact:
Jenny Fritz
Samaritan’s Feet, Associate Director of Marketing
704-200-2208
jfritz@samaritansfeet.org