IUPUI Coach Ron Hunter and Team Will Travel to Nigeria to Donate Shoes

When IUPUI head coach Ron Hunter coached barefoot against Oakland on Jan. 24, he expected to donate 40,000 pairs of shoes. Instead, him and his team will deliver nearly 200,000 pairs to Nigeria in July. Samaritan's Feet, a charity that gives poor children new pairs of shoes, helped inspire Hunter for the idea to coach a game without shoes.  Before the game had even begun Hunter had raised 110,000 pairs of shoes.  The charity has seen tremendous success over the past few years and is on its way toward achieving their mission:  "To equip 10 million impoverished children with 10 million shoes in 10 years," the website states.  Hunter has encouraged coaches all across the country, to coach barefoot for Samaritan's Feet.  Recently the NBA helped contribute to the charity when TNT's Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson went barefoot on the air during their Emmy Award winning show, Inside the NBA.  Not to mock the Samaritan's Feet in any way, but I am writing this post barefoot for the cause.