Barefoot Author To Sign New Release "Sole Purpose" At BLACKLION, Saturday, March 27, 2010

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(Free-Press-Release.com) March 22, 2010 -- CHARLOTTE, NC, March 27, 2010 – Book Signing at BLACKLION 1:00 to 4:00

One of Charlotte’s own, Samaritan’s Feet President and Founder, Emmanuel (Manny) Ohonme will host a book signing Saturday, March 27, 2010 for his new book “Sole Purpose” at the South Charlotte location of BLACKLION during a weekend event called “What a Girl Wants”. The signing will take place after an appearance at Ardrey Kell High School’ in which the DECA Club will partner with Samaritan’s Feet in “Barefoot for Bare Feet” Walk Saturday morning, from 9 to 11 AM to call attention to the millions of children in the world who are at risk of disease, infection and death caused by not owning a single pair of shoes.

Manny Ohonme’s Story
Manny Ohonme received his first pair of shoes from a missionary, who also taught him how to play basketball. These shoes allowed him to run and play without getting hurt and helped him get better at sports, specifically basketball.

There are 300 million children who go without shoes every day. For many, walking is their only mode of transportation. As a result, they suffer from disease, infection and many other ailments. That is why Samaritan’s Feet President and Founder, Emmanuel (Manny) Ohonme, who didn’t have shoes until the age of 9 years old, started the organization: to pay it forward to what he was given... his first pair of shoes.

Six years ago, Ohonme, originally from Nigeria, left a lucrative marketing and supply chain job to start Samaritan’s Feet (www.samaritansfeet.org), a 501c3 organization whose goal is to put 10 million pairs of shoes on children’s feet in 10 years around the world.

To date, nearly 2.5 million pairs of shoes have been collected for children around the world.

ABOUT SAMARITAN’S FEET:

Samaritan's Feet, based in Charlotte, NC, is a humanitarian non-profit relief organization dedicated to taking a life-changing message of hope and equipping the feet of impoverished children in the US and around the world with shoes. The non-profit organization is dedicated to taking a life-changing message of hope and equipping the feet of impoverished children in the United States and around the world with shoes.

Samaritan’s Feet
C/O Davida Serrani
Worldwide Operation Center
1900 Associates Lane
Charlotte, NC 28217
704.336-8800 - Local Phone
866.833.7463 - Toll Free Phone
888.287.1252 - Toll Free Fax
info@samaritansfeet.org

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