Samaritan’s Feet and the American Society of Interior Designers Partner to Provide New Shoes and Encouragement for Deserving Children in Chicago

MEDIA ALERT
June 11, 2012

Samaritan’s Feet and the American Society of Interior Designers Partner to Provide New Shoes and Encouragement for Deserving Children in Chicago

What:
Humanitarian non-profit Samaritan’s Feet is glad to announce a shoe distribution event in Chicago, IL.

Thanks to a partnership between the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and Samaritan’s Feet, the two will distribute 40 pairs of individually styled TOMS shoes to children at Channing’s Child Care. An additional 160 pairs will be distributed across this childcare network at later dates.

Who:
The American Society of Interior Designers is providing the styled TOMS shoes for this Samaritan’s Feet organized event.

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

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

When:
June 13, 2012
11:30am-12:30pm

Where:
Channing’s Child Care
5701 W. Division St.
Chicago, IL 60651

About Samaritan’s Feet
Samaritan’s Feet, founded by Nigerian born Manny Ohonme and his wife Tracie, is a 501(c)(3) humanitarian aid organization that shares a message of hope and love by distributing new shoes and washing the feet of under-served individuals around the world. 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. The organization’s goal is to provide 10 million pairs of shoes and, since 2003, Samaritan’s Feet has helped to provide shoes for an estimated 3.5 million individuals in over 62 nations. Learn more at www.samaritansfeet.org.

About ASID
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) is a community of people—designers, industry representatives, educators and students—committed to interior design. Through education, knowledge sharing, advocacy, community building and outreach, the Society strives to advance the interior design profession and, in the process, to demonstrate and celebrate the power of design to positively change people’s lives. Its more than 36,000 members engage in a variety of professional programs and activities through a network of 48 chapters throughout the United States and Canada. www.asid.org

Media Contact:
Jenny Fritz
Samaritan’s Feet, Associate Director of Marketing
704.200.2208
jfritz@samaritansfeet.org

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