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Most days you take them for granted. They follow you with every step you take, making
sure you get where you need to go comfortably. But what if you couldn't afford a new pair
of shoes? For many children in the Las Vegas area, that's the reality of their situation.
Luckily for them, there's the Goodie Two Shoes foundation.
*Kids cheering "Goodie Two Shoes"*
(Nikki Berti - Co-Founder / CEO - Goodie Two Shoes)
The Goodie Two Shoes foundation provides disadvantaged children with new shoes and socks as well
as other items deemed as essential for good health and positive development. Today we're
out here at Rose Warren Elementary School and we're outfitting 400 children with brand
new shoes and sock and we're giving them some dental hygene kits too.
Many Airman from Nellis Air Force Base, like Senior Master Sergeant Tammy Killen, volunteer
to work with Goodie Two Shoes to help make a difference in their local community.
*"...and then walk around and stand in line right here."*
For many of these kids, this will be the first time they've ever picked out their own pair
of shoes, a process that Goodie Two Shoes makes incredibly easy for its pint-sized participants.
(Nikki Berti - Co-Founder / CEO - Goodie Two Shoes)
As we outfit the kids with the Goodie Two Shoes foundation today, the kids come out,
we size their feet to make sure that we're looking for a properly fitting pair of shoes
for them. We give them a fresh pair of socks to try the shoes on with. They get an additional
five pairs of socks to take home, so they get a weeks worth of socks essentially. Then
they're paired with a great community volunteer who helps them go through and empowers them
with the opportunity to select any brand new pair of shoes, sneakers that they'd like from
our large stock of traveling inventory.
Senior Master Sergeant Killen says volunteering with Goodie Two Shoes not only has a positive
impact on the kids, but on volunteers as well.
(SMSgt Tammy Killen - 99 ABW Staff Superintendent) Oh I think it's a fantastic program. I think
kids are our most valuable resource and I can't tell you how many event I've been to
where the kids just come up to me. As a matter of fact, a few minutes ago, I just had a girl
say I've never seen a real, live soldier before, and she just thought it was awesome. So I
think a recruiting tool also. You know the kids are excited to see somebody out in uniform
in the community, not necessarily just volunteering on the base.
With the help of volunteers like these from Nellis, the Goodie Two Shoes foundation helps
over ten-thousand children per year, working towards their goal of building a better foundation,
one foot at a time. SrA Aaron Hauser, Las Vegas, Nevada.