Samaritan’s Feet to Provide New Shoes and Encouragement for Deserving Individuals at San Diego Rescue Mission

MEDIA ALERT
June 19, 2012

Samaritan’s Feet to Provide New Shoes and Encouragement for Deserving Individuals at San Diego Rescue Mission

What:
Humanitarian non-profit Samaritan’s Feet is glad to announce its Shoes of Hope shoe distribution event in San Diego, CA.

Approximately 500 homeless individuals served by the San Diego Rescue Mission will be blessed with new shoes and have their feet washed by volunteers from the community.

Why:
These efforts are to bestow individuals 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 20, 2012
10am – 2pm

Where:
San Diego Rescue Mission
120 Elm St.
San Diego, CA 92101

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. Our goal is to provide 10 million pairs of shoes and, since 2003, Samaritan’s Feet and our team of ambassadors have provided shoes for an estimated 3.5 million individuals in over 62 nations. Learn more at samaritansfeet.org.

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