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CoSIDA Partners with Samaritan’s Feet for Community Service Event in Orlando

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6202This year's CoSIDA Goodwill and Wellness Committee partners with Samaritan’s Feet for a shoe distribution and basketball skills camp on Tuesday, June 13. The event will start at 10:30 a.m. with both the shoe distribution and skills camp taking place at Frontline Outreach in Orlando.
 
This will be the second time the CoSIDA Goodwill and Wellness Committee has worked with Samaritan’s Feet for the annual community service project. Transportation to and from the event will be provided by CoSIDA.
 
If you are interested in signing up for this impactful community service project, please sign-up online HERE and complete the form. This community service project is limited to approximately 55 participants.
 
This is the eighth community service project organized and coordinated by the Goodwill and Wellness Committee in the past nine years (San Antonio ’09, San Francisco ’10, St. Louis ’12, Orlando, ’13, ’14, ’15, ’17, Dallas ’16).
 
6201Samaritan's Feet is a 501(c)(3) humanitarian aid organization that shares a message of hope and love through washing the feet of impoverished children around the world and adorning them with new shoes. There are an estimated 2.2 billion people worldwide living in poverty and more than 1.5 billion who suffer from foot borne diseases. Since its founding by Manny Ohonme in 2003, Samaritan's Feet and its team of ambassadors and partners have blessed more than five million children in more than 70 nations. They also have partnerships with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and SAAC (Student Athlete Advisory Committee).

“We are so grateful to partner with CoSIDA for the second year,” stated Manny Ohonme, founder of Samaritan’s Feet.  “We at Samaritan's Feet are looking forward to serving together in Orlando and encouraging those in that community. Thank you CoSIDA for joining us as we make a positive difference together in the lives of many children and families,” added Ohonme.
 
CoSIDA volunteers will travel to downtown Orlando on Tuesday morning to Frontline Outreach to participate in a basketball skills camp and provide new shoes to nearly 300 kids.
 
“We are thrilled to be partnering with Samaritan’s Feet at the 2017 CoSIDA Convention in Orlando,” said Chris Mitchell, chair of the CoSIDA Goodwill and Wellness Committee, and Assistant Director of Athletics for Communications at Washington University in St. Louis. “Our volunteers are looking forward to a fun-filled day on the court, and the opportunity to share our love for the sport and to give back to the Orlando community.”
 
If you have any questions about the Goodwill and Wellness Committee or the community service project please contact Chris Mitchell at mitchell@wustl.edu or call (314) 935-5077.
 
For more information about Samaritan’s Feet, visit samaritansfeet.org. The foundation can also be followed on Facebook, Twitter (@Samaritans_Feet) and Instagram (@samaritans_feet).

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At each CoSIDA Convention, the Goodwill and Wellness Committee organizes a community service project that benefits a charity or non-profit organization in the host city. The service project is open to any CoSIDA and NACDA and Affiliates convention attendees to participate in.
 
In the beginning of this annual tradition the committee also held a donation drive during CoSIDA Convention registration (2010-15) where they would collect donations, such as clothing and toiletries, for the local charity.
 
For more information, contact:

Ryan Davis
Assistant Commissioner for Communications
Missouri Valley Conference
davis@mvc.org












 
 
6172CoSIDA Community Service Projects History

• 2016 – Keeper of the Game (Dallas)
• 2015 – Coalition for the Homeless w/Samaritans Feet (Orlando)
• 2014 – Coalition for the Homeless (Orlando) (pages 52-55)
• 2013 – Coalition for the Homeless (Orlando)
• 2012 – St. Patrick Center (St. Louis)
• 2011 – St. Matthew’s House (Marco Island)
• 2010 – St. Anthony Foundation (San Francisco)
• 2009 – San Antonio Food Bank (San Antonio) (pages 18-19)
• Announcement of first service project
 

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