Last Thursday morning, Captain Ferdie Espejo sent me a text message informing me that a box of about one cubic foot arrived at the office of the DND-AFP Gintong Pangarap at Camp Aguinaldo where the sender is a certain Robin Petrini, Head Coach, Softball Team of Pennsylvania State University, USA. I instructed Capt Espejo to open the box and he informed me that it contained four (4) pairs of slightly used running shoes.
Coach Robin Petrini sent three (3) pairs of Saucony Running Shoes and one (1) pair of Nike shoes for the Project Donate A Shoe.
My immediate instinct after I got the information that somebody from the USA sent a box full of shoes was to “google” the name of Robin Petrini. Look what I’ve found!
Coach Robin, thank you very much for your support. I hope I will be able to personally thank you for your effort of sending such shoes to the Philippines. May God bless you always.
Bald Runner 
Hi baldrunner. I read the page “Project Donate A Shoe” a few days ago and wanted to reply on this.
I was given a pair of Asics Gel Landrith’s from late 2007 that I’ve never used. I could ship this to you or hold it until you arrive for the SF Marathon in August. This is a great project you are doing.
The New Balance store where I work has a program regarding used shoes. We work with an antique store called Sujaro who helps us clean the shoes. In turn, Sujaro sends the shoes to parts of Africa for the needy. In 2007 alone, Sujaro and our store sent over 900 pairs of shoes.
By chance, are you running the half marathon this Sunday? I’ll be running a 15K trail race in the Oakland hills. Take care and have a good weekend!
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