22 May 2008

Immediately after the 2nd Champion Run at the Marikina Riverbanks last 11 May 2008, my friend, Graciano “Totoy” Santos of Happy Feet Running Club donated his New Balance Racing Shoe to the Project Donate A Shoe. His shoes was immediately donated and accepted by Marcial Quisay.

To Totoy, thanks for supporting this project! Mabuhay ka!

Last Sunday, 18 May 2008, after the Market! Market! 5-Mile Run, four (4) pairs of the donated shoes were distributed and received by the following runners: Roque Legaspi; Fritz Gerald Perez; Rey Antoque (Mizuno Track Shoes); and Jun Villarta.

There were no donors during the said road race.

At present, the Project was able to collect a total of 38 running shoes and was able to distribute 34 of these to recipients. Four (4) pairs of running shoes are on hand.

With regards to the “barefoot running kids”, I am still waiting for the arrival of Mr Rudy Biscocho from the United States as he is the one who is in possession of the list of participants in the 4th Global City Run. We could only identify these kids through their bib/race numbers. For the past days, I’ve been going around to some of the sports stores to canvass the price of running shoes for these kids. Hopefully, I will be able to get discount prices for these shoes.  As soon as I identify these kids, they will be contacted and appropriate arrangements will be made for these kids to be given their brand-new running shoes. I was informed lately that these kids are from the province of Laguna.

The Project Donate A Shoe Booth will be available at the UP Campus during the DocFit Run this Sunday.

I hope to see you this Sunday. Happy running!