Barefoot in Oklahoma--in Support of Shoes Around the World

From the Oklahoma Senate Communications Division:

Each day, millions of children around the world contract serious infections and diseases because they have no shoes. To help raise awareness of the problem, State Sen. Andrew Rice authored Senate Resolution 43 Thursday declaring April 16, 2009 as "One Day Without Shoes" in the state and asking Senate members and staff to participate in the world-wide event.

"It's sad that in this day and age there are countries with such extreme poverty that people don't even have the basic necessity of shoes to protect their feet. It's one of those things that most Americans take for granted - just think how many pairs of shoes are in our closets. We think of shoes as an accessory to go with an outfit, not as a necessity," said Rice. "I wanted to make my colleagues and other Oklahomans aware of this issue and encourage them to get involved with charities such as that ran by TOMS Shoes."

The "One Day Without Shoes" campaign was organized by TOMS Shoes, which was founded by American Blake Mycoskie after finding children in Argentina who had no shoes to protect their feet....

Photo: Senators Andrew Rice and Steve Russell applaud the One Day Without Shoes campaign.

Comments

[Lurker]

I have to say, I always wanted to walk barefoot around public buildings, since they usually have really good carpet that noone ever enjoys properly.

Which is totally missing the point of what they're doing here, but...