In Nairobi, on the way
In Nairobi, I feel ready to go. Sitting here drinking coffee in the Shoe4Africa Office (alright in the Java Adams Arcade). The flight was good, I did nothing for an entire day but be up in the...
In Nairobi, I feel ready to go. Sitting here drinking coffee in the Shoe4Africa Office (alright in the Java Adams Arcade). The flight was good, I did nothing for an entire day but be up in the...
Big shout to Alex Wittenberg!
Alex raised $66 for us selling Lemonade! Making him a definite Shoe4Africa Hero!! Thanks Alex, you rock!
Thank you Clif Bar!! If I do get from the shore of Africa, to the top of the Kilimanjaro mountain it will be fueled by Clif Bar's -- they sent me...
Congratulations to our superb team who ran the marathon for Shoe4Africa. I am working soon on an Alumni page where we can document photos and stories etc. A big thanks to Liz McColgan, an absolute running superstar, a role...
Meet Olive Oil, otherwise known as Oliver Hoffman, far right, here with his relay team at the Frankfurt Marathon. Olive Oil is a regular to Kenya, in fact he was once seen on the back roads dragging a live...
Here's a map of Kenya, just so you can see Eldoret -- but the expanse of the hospital's outreach is to Southern Sudan, and to East...
Back in the summer I was talking with one of our Ambassadors, John Kelai, a marathon runner from Turkana. "John, you have to win the marathon at this year's Commonwealth Games for us. You see we had a Shoe4Africa...
Last week in the post a brown envelope from Kibera, Kenya. From a lady who sells tomatoes in the Nairobi slums. She makes 15 cents on average per day, 45-cents on a good day. She collected and...
Big thanks to Jim Crowley who put together a shoe drive at the regionals this past Sunday. All athletes who used to finish in the top 50-spots used to get a T-Shirt... but this year, hanks to Jim's initiative,...