Feet: The Follow-up

I know, "Again?" Bear with me. I was not planning this post at all, it is just coming from something I just read.

I know the "Feet" post was fun. I was going to add an update about a couple of City 2 Surf runners I saw running the 14k barefoot! I heard from a lot of people on that one - and I have future editions of "Livin' the Aussie Life" already swirling in my head. Its getting to be something I like thinking about. But this post is serious.

Last January, Ron Hunter, head basketball coach at Indiana Universtity/Purdue University - Indianapolis (IUPUI) coached a game in his bare feet to raise awareness for Samaritan's Feet - a charity whose goal is to get 10,000 pairs of shoes on children's feet in poorer countries. It made headlines in sports sections, got play on ESPN, and thousands of shoes were sent in. More than they ever hoped for when coach Hunter first offered to coach shoeless. Well, they delivered the shoes. Everyone should read the experience. Then, send Samaritan's Feet a pair of shoes.

Jon