Samaritan’s Feet to Provide New Shoes and Encouragement for Indianapolis Children

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11.8.12

Samaritan’s Feet to Provide New Shoes and Encouragement for Indianapolis Children

What:
Humanitarian non-profit Samaritan’s Feet is pleased to announce its Shoes of Hope shoe distribution event in Indianapolis, IN.

Approximately 150 clients served by Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center will be blessed with new shoes and have their feet washed by volunteers from NCAA SAAC committees from various colleges and universities.

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:
November 10, 2012
9:00am – 11:00am

Where:
Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center
1920 W. Morris Street
Indianapolis, IN 46221

About Samaritan’s Feet:
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 one 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 ambassadors have blessed more than four million children in more than 60 nations.

Samaritan’s Feet was started in 2003 by Manny Ohonme who received his first pair of shoes at the age of nine 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. Learn more at www.samaritansfeet.org.

About Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center:
Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center (MRNC) is a leading nonprofit organization serving the southwest Indianapolis community. In an area of the city where the challenges of poverty, under education, and unemployment are very real, MRNC assists families in strengthening their own lives and increasing independence though innovative services, activities, training, and enrichment opportunities. Founded in 1911, the center is named after Mary Rigg, a long-time center Director and one of Indiana’s first licensed social workers. MRNC is a United Way agency, which provides resources and opportunities to over 8,000 individuals and families each year.

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