Indiana: IUPUI basketball coach Ron Hunter has gone barefoot during a game with the University of Oklahoma to collect shoes for African kids. Hunter, who tends to pace, admitted he was left footsore but pointed out that many children never own shoes.
His aim of 40,000 pairs was quickly met and passed with Wal-Mart donating 25,000, Nine West 5,200, Soles4Souls 40,000, and the Department of Homeland Security donating 10,000 and indicating they may increase their donation.
"When we started this I thought 40,000 was going to be tough. When they told me before the game we already had 100,000, honestly, I almost broke down in tears," said Hunter, who plans to travel to Cameroon to distribute the shoes.
