'Heads: Donate to Soles4Souls

I received this note from a friend out at LMU & decided to post it here on OSD.  Please donate some kicks and be sure to write a note to tell them you heard about it from OSD!

All eight West Coast Conference schools are currently collecting as many used pair of shoes as possible to donate to people in need.  Soles4Souls along with its many distribution partners are working “around the corner and around the world” to make a difference with the gift of shoes. They are presently working in over 45 states and 61 countries. See how your shoes could make a difference in our own back yard as well as globally.  For more information, please go to their website at www.soles4souls.org.
 
As of this week, Pepperdine is leading this  competition with over 200 pair of shoes.  We are in last place with 10 shoes (all donated by Karina Handeland).  There is no way that we will let the RIPPLES of Pepperdine win this WCC competition.  It is time to show some LION PRIDE and beat those Malibu Barbie and Ken's back to their hilltop retreat!!! 

Please find as many pair of old shoes that are still in decent condition and drop them in one of the boxes located in the Gersten Pavilion lobby  and the Malone Student Center .  Also, encourage your students to donate as well, to this very worthy cause.  We are currently in dead last and this is NOT ACCEPTABLE.  So lets all do our part and donate, donate, donate!!!  Thank you for your help and support. 

Deadline - February 23 
Matt

Matthew M. Casana

Coordinator, Student-Athlete Academic Services Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA  90045

310-338-1736

'Heads: Donate to Soles4Souls

Crocs & the Kids

Crocs Inc. announced Wednesday that in conjunction with its charity organization, SolesUnited, and NBA star Charlie Villanueva, the company is donating 10,000 pairs of Crocs shoes to impoverished children in the Dominican Republic.

The donation marks the first large-scale initiative to aid Dominican children through Tenis Para Ninos, or “Sneakers for Children," a program developed by The Charlie Villanueva Foundation, according to a statement from Crocs released Wednesday. More than 42 percent of the Dominican population lives in poverty, the statement said.

“I have witnessed first-hand the widespread desolate conditions in the Dominican Republic,” said Villanueva in the statement. “Few Americans realize many Dominican people have never owned shoes before, so the simple act of providing them with quality Crocs footwear is invaluable. It is my hope that this benevolent partnership with SolesUnited will only continue to grow with the support of my fellow NBA players moving forward."

Kicking off tomorrow and running through Aug. 31, the shoes will go to children in schools and orphanages in Puerto Plata, Cabrera and Santiago. Along with the shoe giveaway, Feed the Children and Unicef will be in attendance giving additional aid.

*Source FN.*

Crocs & the Kids