Month: December 2021

Jimmy Butler hasn’t played in nearly three weeks, but his shoes have been on the court. With Butler missing the last eight games because of a tail bone contusion, Miami Heat forward Max Strus has been playing the best basketball of his NBA career while wearing the Li-Ning Yushuai 14 Low sneakers made specifically for Butler. “We wear the same size and they’re comfortable,” Strus said, with the Heat set to continue its four-game homestand on Sunday against the Orlando Magic (3:30 p.m., Bally Sports Sun). “I wear whatever. I just wore those the past couple of games.Skechers Outlets  ,If I have a good game, I usually wear the same one the next time. So I’m just going to keep them rolling.” Strus, 25, may never wear other shoes again based on how he has played in Butler’s sneakers. With an inc...

LEXINGTON, S.C. (WIS) - SOLE Stepping, a nonprofit organization that provides new shoes and socks to elementary school students, is making a difference in childrens’ lives one sole at a time. It began in 2016 when mother and founder of SOLE Stepping, Kara Jefferson, had some extra shoes and noticed a need in her community. “She took this idea of putting shoes on kids’ feet and it’s turned into this project of not just connecting community people, but allow us all to experience just how Hey Dude Women's Shoes awesome it is to be able to give,” said Elizabeth Keisler, a volunteer of four years for SOLE Stepping. One day, Keisler’s children came home with new shoes. That’s when she stepped in to help. “The fact that there were just kind people out there doing things for other people just ...

I wanted to be a big girl. I yearned to be a big girl. I knew I could do it like a big girl, but every year my parents wouldn’t let me. All I wanted to do was stay up until midnight on New Year’s Eve like the big kids and grownups did. I longed to see that beautiful, bejeweled ball slide slowly down into Times Square announcing the new year, watching the throngs hug and kiss and blow horns while a veritable mountain of confetti rained down upon them. That’s really all I wanted, but my parents thought better of it. Still, I knew I could prove them wrong. I knew I could do it. “Just give me a chance,” I wailed each year, “and I’ll stay up! I can do it. I can make it till midnight.” So somewhere around my 11th or 12th birthday they let me win the annual argument. This would be the year,...

RICHMOND, Va. -- A special Christmas gift for more than 100 people in our community who are trying to get their lives back on track. "Today we'll put 130 pairs of shoes on the men and women here at Caritas," Robin Telfian said. "We basically set up mini shoe stores." Telfian founded Shood, a Richmond-area non-profit that provides sneakers to people in need. "Having a pair of shoes is just a part of dignity, and everyone deserves a great pair of shoes," she said. Shood partnered with Caritas this Christmas. WTVR Caritas is a center that serves those struggling with addiction or homelessness. Their combined goal was to bring dignity to people Hoka Shoes who need some holiday hope. "I'm an old ex-Navy guy, so my feet have a lot of corns and bunions on them," Raymond ...