Brescia Coach Sheds His Shoes To Bring Relief To Impoverished Children
Brescia Coach Sheds His Shoes To Bring Relief To Impoverished Children
Owensboro, KY - Brescia UniversityHead Basketball Coach, John Swickrath, will coach in his bare feet on Saturday, January 15, 2011 at home against Midway College. The game starts at 1PM at the Sportscenter.
The Barefoot for Barefeet Coaches Initiative was conceived in 2007, when IUPUI Coach Ron Hunter coached a game in his barefeet to raise awareness for the plight of impoverished children who suffer needlessly from foot-borne diseases and infections due to a lack of shoes. This year, Coach Pechota will join Coach Hunter and over 1,000 other coaches across the country by going barefoot to raise funding to put 1,000,000 pairs of shoes on the feet of children through Samaritan's Feet.
During the game, announcements will be made and posters at the stadium will encourage fans to donate.
Fans attending the game can text the word "shoes" to 85944 and a one-time gift of $10 will be added to their next month's bill and an impoverished child will be given a new pair of athletic shoes.
Additional information is available by contacting Brescia Athletic Director, Pat Mrozowski, at 270-686-6416 or patrick.mrozowski@brescia.edu. For further details on the mission and goals of Samaritan's Feet, please contact Samaritan's Feet Marketing Director, Todd Melloh at 317-417-3525 or
tmelloh@samaritansfeet.org.
-- Article courtesy of Brescia University