Triathletes for Africa

Click HERE to see pictures from a recent trip to Kenya where childrens CROCS and adult running shoes were distributed.

Triathletes for Africa is now officially Triathletes for Hope.

Visit our new website at www.triforhope.org

More soon.

International Rescue Committee  

 I love my new shoes.  Thank you! – Yonatan Araya, Eritrea   

  Thank you for the shoes!  

- Abdi Moti, Ethiopia

Thank you very, very much for sending me these new shoes!

- Burqa Moti, Ethiopia

    Thank you guys so much for the shoes.  May God bless you.

-Alhaji Sasay, Sierra Leone

        Saleyman Hussein from Somalia enjoys his new shoes.

I just got off the phone with principal Laci Coppins. The kids at Hunters Bend Elementary School (”The Hound Dogs”) collected 750 pair of shoes for us this week. Thank you Principal Coppins and kids!

That brings our total since July to 1500 pair of shoes collected.

We had another great weekend at my hometown race - The Old Hickory Lake Triathlon. Team Magic enjoyed yet another sold out race. Combined with a delivery of shoes from Atlanta we had over 200 pair delivered to the tent on Saturday.

We’ve already packed 100 pair of those for a shipment to Jamaica in early October.

Friends,

Triathletes for Africa / Triathletes for Hope collected over 100 pair of shoes at the 20th annual Mtn. Lakes Triathlon. Thanks to Team TFA/TFH members Chad and Karen Nikazy and Michael and Deb Moebes for working the drop off table.

Our current total collected since mid July is 350 pair. Shoes will go soon to earthquake victims in Peru and to Living Hope Centre in Capetown South Africa.

 Triathletes for Africa / Triathletes for Hope is partnering with the International Rescue Committee’s Atlanta resettlement office. We’ll be providing running shoes for a number of refugees who have been resettled in the Atlanta area. Most of our first recipients will be teenage boys from countries including Somalia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Rwanda.

Look for more information about this program here soon. We should have pictures of  and the names of these young men here soon.

We’re up to 158 pair of shoes now. Most of those are adult sizes, so we’ll be at the TriHeat (Hendersonville Endurance Athletic Team) / Sumner County YMCA kids triathlon this Saturday morning. The race is for ages 7-14. It begins at 7:00am. Triathletes for Africa will be on site to collect childrens sized shoes (athletic shoes / CROCS/ CROC knockoffs) before, during, and after the event.

UPDATE: We collected 40+ pair of shoes at this event bringing our total number to almost 200 pair! Thank you kids and ACME Multisports.

 After a great first weekend at The Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon we’re looking forward to yet another sold out Team Magic event this weekend at The Cedars of Lebanon Triathlon.

UPDATE: We collected 54 more pair of great shoes at Cedars of Lebanon.

Please bring your clean “retired” running shoes to donate to those who are less fortunate. We collected over 100 pair of nice shoes in Chattanooga; we still need more. We especially want some kids sizes for the orphanages we plan to support with shoes (running shoes, CROCS, knock off CROCS - especially appreciated).

Wild Oats Market in Coolsprings is donating Naked Juice for our donors. Drop your shoes off and we’ll hand ya a cold nutritious drink made from all natural ingredients.

 Don’t forget to buy a tee shirt at the tent as well. All proceeds go to assisting in the cleaning and shipping of our shoes.

We’ll have the tent open for donation before, during, and after the race (note we wont’ be set up for packet pickup this time).