This week at Cleats For Bare Feet, we connected with our newest ambassador, Devin Walford, originally from New Jersey and currently living in South Carolina. She is headed on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic and will be delivering nearly 50 soccer balls to kids who love to play soccer but lack some of the means to do so. Devin worked with a New Jersey uniform company to have uniforms printed for the members of the "Baston de Moises" team in the Domincan Republic. Afterward, she reached out to C4BF through our "I need equipment" section of our website. We are happy to announce that the shipment left our office on May 21 and has arrived with Devin. It will be living in South Carolina for a few days and then on its way to the Dominican Republic in the beginning of June. We wish Devin all the best and look forward to hearing about her experience with the team, her mission, and with Social Giving. As we get pictures, we will post them.
We also connected with 2 organizations that are based in Washington DC, but do work in Africa. Both organizations stopped by our office this week and picked up enough equipment to supply an entire village with gear. 
The first organization, the African Volunteer Football Academy for the Less Privileged (AVFAL) provides soccer training to players, ages 8 - 21, in Cameroon. Working directly with the AVFAL's founder and president, John Kemoe Bengu, and the Secretary General, Ngole Cyril e setup a time to deliver 100 pairs of cleats, 50 soccer balls, 30 uniforms, some socks, and goalie equipment to ship over to the kids in Limbe, Cameroon later this year. Mr. Cyril was so excited when he picked up the equipment, he kept saying, "The kids in Cameroon are going to be so excited about this! You have no idea what it will mean to them."
On Friday, after working together for a few weeks we were able to connect with a member of the Propagand’Arts project and school based in Senegal. This makes our third distribution in Senegal this year. "The people in Senegal LOVE soccer," said Awa Daffe, our contact at the organization and person in chanrge of marketing and partnerships. With her help and connections C4BF will be distributing 50 pairs of cleats, 35 soccer balls, and 15 uniforms to the kids at her school.
Friday's distribution also marked the first distribution our newest intern, Jessica, was able to participate in. The gentleman pictured was interning for one day as part of his high school graduation requirements. Jae Hoon spent the day helping us inventory items, and preparing the package for Awa to pickup. "That was a really rewarding day."
That's how we feel most days. We are so pleased to be able to help so many people around the world play soccer safer and to reach their potential. Today we inventoried our 6100th item as well. Quite the first week for Jessica and the one day experience for Jae Hoon. SocialGiving at it's best!
We're close to hitting our two week mark of our fundraising campaign, if you haven't contributed yet, do so before time runs out.
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