300 pairs of shoes distributed to Odyssey Elementary students
300 pairs of shoes distributed to students
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) Three-hundred pairs of shoes are being given to students at Odyssey Elementary in Colorado Springs.
On behalf of humanitarian aid organization Samaritans Feet, recipients will receive a “Hope Tote” drawstring book bag.
Inside each bag are a new pair of athletic shoes, socks, hygiene kit with a toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, soap, comb, alcohol wipe, mask, and a washcloth. It will also come with a “Hope Note” from Samaritan’s Feet supporters.
“Our founder, it changed his entire life getting a brand new pair of shoes when he was 8-years-old and it allowed him to live in Nigeria, play in the United States and start this entire ministry, added Kyle Alexander with Samaritan s Feet.
A Martin Luther King Day fundraiser benefits the World Central Kitchen
Updated Jan 22, 2021;
Posted Jan 22, 2021
In keeping with Monday’s observance of the holiday to honor the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., community leader, Jean Prabhu, second row from top, second from right, hosted a Virtual Radio Bingo game to honor the “National Day of Service” and benefit the World Central Kitchen at the same time.
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In keeping with Monday’s holiday to honor the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jean Prabhu hosted a Virtual Radio Bingo game to honor the “National Day of Service” and benefit the World Central Kitchen at the same time.
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US President Joe Biden signs executive orders as part of his administration s COVID-19 response, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, on January 21, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)
WASHINGTON (AFP) US President Joe Biden is ordering an expansion of government benefits for hungry Americans, after the coronavirus pandemic ignited the worst hunger crisis the United States has seen in modern times.
The decree, one of two executive orders the White House said he will sign Friday, is modest and far short of the actions the president has called for from Congress.
Nonetheless, it represents one of Biden’s first actions since taking office on Wednesday aimed at reviving the world’s largest economy, after COVID-19 caused mass layoffs beginning last year that have left many people scrambling to pay the bills.
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