6:00 AM 20 April 2008
Last week, few days before the 4th Bonifacio Global City Run, Captain Ferdie Espejo met with KC Joaquin of Mizuno Sports Stores regarding our Project Donate A Shoe. The Bull Runner sent me an e-mail informing me that Mizuno is supporting our project through KC Joaquin and I immediately directed Captain Espejo to coordinate and meet KC. As a result, KC Joaquin donated four (4) pairs of Mizuno running shoes to include a track shoes.
Last Sunday morning after the 4th Global City Run, an additional twelve (12) pairs of running/workout shoes were received by my staff. The following were the donors:
The “Mysterious Smiling Mr Romy”—7 assorted running/workout shoes
Don Fernando Zobel de Ayala—1 Nike Running shoes
Lester & Margarette Choayap—1 Running Shoes
Mariano “Jun” Cruz—1 Running Shoes
Victor E Lim—2 Running Shoes
The following seven (7) runners with “old, tattered and worn-out” running shoes received the donated running shoes:
Henry Labis Ranulfo Aya
Felecio Sabas Elmer Morales
John Tino Andy Cabrera
Jayson Romel Luib
Mr John Tino, a runner from Pasay City, got the NIKE running shoes donated by Don Fernando Zobel.
At present, we have in our possession nine (9) donated running shoes which we hope to be given in the next road race in Metro Manila.
Once again, to those donors who gave their running shoes to this worthy project to help other runners, thank you very much for your support and concern to our less-fortunate runners. You inspire us to help others and encourage others to love the sports of running and be physically fit. May God bless you always.
Mens Sana In Corpore Sano.
Four (4) shoes at the front row were some of the seven (7) shoes that “Mr Romy” gave to support the Project Donate A Shoe.
Mizuno Running Shoes donated by KC Joaquin of Mizuno and other shoes from the other donors during the 4th Bonifacio Global City Run.
Bald Runner 
Hi BR!
We still haven’t gotten to meeting in person yet. I always miss you. Got to meet your brother at the On Your Mark race. I still haven’t brought over the shoes that I promised… Looking at the shoe donations, I feel embarrassed to be donating mine since your latest shoe donations all look new! I bet even the shoes of Mr. Ayala are barely a year old.
Anyway, I’d like to invite you to put up a booth at the Runnx@25 race on May 4 at UP Diliman. I’m meeting with the race organizer tomorrow, Rio dela Cruz and I’ll ask him if it’s ok to put up your banner at his registration booth this week so that those who will be signing up can already bring their shoes to the race for donation. I’ll ask him if we can make the booth in UP a “Donate A Shoe” drop off point since there are a lot of Sunday joggers too.
Also, as soon as I put up my new running org, we’ll definitely be supporting your project.
You can p-mail me, you got my email already 🙂
More power to your project!
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eric, please don’t be embarassed donating any running shoes as long as they are still useful. we can donate them to our runners in the provinces/cities outside metro manila. we are planning to put up our booth at 25th RUNNEX Run on May 4 at UP Diliman. maj turno & capt espejo will be there and thanks for introducing our project to rio de la cruz. thanks for your support and happy running! hope to see you soon, too!
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