Comments on: barefoot for a cause

barefoot for a cause

geekyguy — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:40:49 -0800

Barefootin'! Ron Hunter, men's basketball coach of IUPUI, decides to raise awareness for Samaritan's Feet, a charity that collects shoes for needy children, by coaching barefoot. Initially, he hoped to collect 40,000 pairs in honor of the 40th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. - 110,000 pairs of shoes were collected by tip-off.

An inspiring(?) story. as seen at SpoFi

By: sergeant sandwich

sergeant sandwich — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:13:01 -0800

ron hunter is the same coach who in 2003 did an excited belly-flop onto the court when his team made it into the NCAA tourney. good on him! /alma mater

By: billysumday

billysumday — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:22:54 -0800

A staggering 110,000 pairs of shoes have so far been donated to Samaritan's Feet, a nonprofit, Christian-based charity that seeks to put shoes on 10 million people throughout the world over a 10-year span. Man, if only more Christian-based charities were so . . . Christian.

By: SteveTheRed

SteveTheRed — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:36:41 -0800

I go to IUPUI and I am dropping off 4 pairs of shoes before class tomorrow. It's good to see that the word is getting out.

By: These Premises Are Alarmed

These Premises Are Alarmed — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:49:23 -0800

Not only a school but a palindrome They had an ad campaign for a while that was "WHY NOT BOTH?", one poster featured a lady at a library desk, looking at two guys.

By: sergeant sandwich

sergeant sandwich — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:00:17 -0800

that was a terrible ad campaign for a school that struggles with its identity and is trying so hard to become more than a commuter college. the tiny, tiny gym doesn't help either.

By: Tube

Tube — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:05:42 -0800

Damn it, I already threw my extra pair over the power lines.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:06:08 -0800

Nifty