Archive for May, 2009

World Emergency Relief (WER) Distributing Croc Shoes and Sandals to 800 School Children at Camp Pendleton Elementary School (Friday, May 29th, 2009)

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“During these upcoming days as we remember our military who gave so much, we truly appreciate that Crocs, Inc. is willing to help us to help some unsung heroes we do not hear much about; the children of deploying marines.”

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World Emergency Relief & Mary Fay Pendleton Elementary School (Thursday, May 28th, 2009)

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Lynn Gilstrap, Principal of the school says of the donation: “At first it was hard to believe. You mean a company that doesn’t have any connection to our school wants to help our children? It is such a blessing and, as said, almost too good to be true.”

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many children cannot

go to school without the basic necessity such as a pair of shoes.

in ethiopia, one million people

suffer from a disease caused by walking barefoot in volcanic soil [...] (globalshift.org)

millions of people

around the world cannot afford basic necessities such as a pair of shoes.

more than 300 million people

live on less than $1 a day (”globalissues.org”).

2.6 billion people

in the world lack basic sanitation (”globalissues.org”).

some 1.1 billion people

in developing countries have inadequate access to water (”globalissues.org”).

nearly a billion people

entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names (”globalissues.org”).

over 1.4 billion people

globally live on less than $1.25 per day (”Worldbank.org”).

35.9 million people

live below the poverty line in America, including 12.9 million children (”soundvision.com”).

1.7 billion people

live in poverty globally (”Wikipedia.org”).