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Cleats For Bare Feet Established by Keith Meyers
After returning from a trip to Kenya and witnessing the children playing soccer in the streets bare foot, Keith Meyers was called to action. This was the birth of the Cleats for Bare Feet social initiative.
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greeNEWit becomes official sponsor of Cleats For Bare Feet
While working for <a href='http://www.greeNEWit.com' target="_new">greeNEWit</a>, a Maryland based sustainability company, Keith Meyers approached them about becoming the official sponsor of C4BF.
greeNEWit's purpose for adopting this as a social project was to help reduce the use of waste in American homes and to help players around the world become their very best. <a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bf-blog/c244g/post/6687174694666262207' target="_parent">Read the Entire Story</a> -
The first two pair of cleats collected!
A big day in our history. Today we collected our two first pair of cleats. <a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bf-blog/c244g/post/1953649571673816347' target="_parent">Read the Entire Story</a> -
Soccer Saves Lives T-shirts
Cleats for Bare feet promotes the student project of a Oakland Mills High School senior Kevin Sullivan <a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bf-blog/c244g/post/3038205730025694335' target="_parent">Read for Entire Story</a> -
University of Maryland Mens Soccer Game Collection
Cleats for Bare Feet collected at the University Of Maryland College Park men's soccer game against Akron <a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bf-blog/c244g/post/2672097391705676202' target="_parent">Read the Entire Story</a> -
Donations to Ignite a Dream
Cleats for Bare Feet shipped a donation of 25 pairs of cleats to the Ignite a Dream Foundation in Austin, Texas. <a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bf-blog/c244g/post/4046223567223448800' target="_parent">Read the Entire Story</a> -
Columbia Invitational Collection
Cleats for Bare Feet collected on May 29-30, 2010 at the Columbia Invitational <a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bf-blog/c244g/post/2195632525438999628' target="_parent">Read the Entire Story</a> -
Shipment to Haiti Success
Cleats for Bare Feet shipped out 28 soccer equipment to Haiti. <a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bf-blog/c244g/post/2943116732413780333' target="_parent">Read the Entire Story</a> -
Donation to ONEXONE
Cleats for Bare Feet donated 100 pairs of cleats to ONEXONE <a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bf-blog/c244g/post/1522624182813811047'
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Columbia Invitational Memorial Day Tournament Collection
C4BF will be collecting cleats at the tournament for needy young soccer players in the US, the Caribbean and Africa. <a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bf-blog/c244g/post/1534373415554034522' target="_parent">Read the Entire Story</a> -
Save the Feet Fundraiser
Cleats for Bare Feet & the Scholar Athlete Academy sponsored a fundraiser at River Hill Sports Grille. A portion of the donations went to helping pay for shipping costs. <a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bf-blog/c244g/post/1161530415506917668' target="_parent">Read The Entire Story</a> -
Collection Event: Hagerstown SC Mason Dixon Cup
Cleats for Bare Feet collected used equipment at the Hagerstown Soccer Complex during the Hagerstown SC Mason Dixon Cup. <a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bf-blog/c244g/post/3666375770369436750' target="_parent">Read The Entire Story</a> -
USSSA 2011 National Championships
Cleats for Bare Feet attended the <a href='https://www.usssa.com' target="_new">USSSA</a> 2011 National Championships July 22 - 24 at the Overland Park Sporting Complex in Overland Park, KS. -
New York Boy Scout Collection
Cleats for Bare Feet would like to extend a big thank you to Luke Schweider from Boy Scout Troop 183 in New York. <a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bf-blog/c244g/post/1842587636129289891' target="_parent">Read The Entire Story</a> -
Andres Camacho Joins the Team
Andres Camacho, a student a UMBC studying Digital Marketing Communications, began work through a college internship with <a href='http://www.greeNEWit.com' target="_new">greeNEWit's</a> Agents of Change program. Over the summer he worked on both social projects at greeNEWit and became the Team Lead for C4BF at the end of the summer. Read Andres' Bio -
Elite Tournament Partnership Begins
Our first event with <a href='http://www.elitetournaments.com' target="_new">Elite Tournaments</a> was on this day.
Throughout the weekend, more than 120 pairs of cleats were collected This partnership is still going strong two years later. Participants at Elite Tournaments events have been our largest contributors. <a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bf-blog/c244g/post/3980086335778752787' target="_parent">Read the Entire Story</a> -
Hagerstown SC Mason Dixon Cup
C4BF gathered equipment this weekend in Hagerstown MD. for an <a href='http://www.elitetournaments.com' target="_new">Elite Tournaments</a> Event. -
@C4BF - Launched our Twitter Account
Now you can reach out to us directly on <a href='http://www.twitter.com/c4bf' target="_new">Twitter.</a> -
Equipment distributed to El Salvador
Sarah Reddinger from <a href='http://www.habitat.org' target="_new">Habitat for Humanity</a> took some of our cleats with her on a Habitat journey to Morazan, El Salvador. The cleats will be given to a youth network that develops the athletic abilities of kids and keeps them out of trouble. <a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bf-blog/c244g/post/5251306619168665573' target="_parent">Read the Entire Story</a> -
Equipment distributed to Ethiopia
Working with an organization doing work in Ethiopia, we were able to connect kids who needed soccer equipment to play safer. <a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bf-blog/c244g/post/5251306619168665573' target="_parent">Read the Entire Story</a> -
Cleats distributed to Haiti
Cleats were sent with the St. Matthews Catholic Church in Charlotte, North Carolina bound for Haiti. Big thank you to <a href='http://http://handsforhaiti.com/index.php' target="_new">Hands for Haiti </a>President Mark Creasser <a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bf-blog/c244g/post/7698973520333661557' target="_parent">Read the Entire Story</a> -
Tottenham Hotspur America Cup Event
At the <a href='http://elitetournaments.com' target="_new">Elite Tournaments</a> - Tottenham Hotspur America Cup we collected more than 100 pairs of cleats! An Amazing turn out, thanks! <a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bf-blog/c244g/post/1361116907259667773' target="_parent">Read the Entire Story</a> -
Chris, Anthony, and Youri Join the Team
Chris Park, Anthony Di Meo, and Youri Felix, join the team as high school interns working at <a href='http://www.greeNEWit.com' target="_new">greeNEWit</a> through the Howard County Intern/Mentorship Program. <a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bfteammembers/c20r9' target="_parent">Read Their Bios</a>
<a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bf-blog/c244g/post/3376740631530130093' target="_parent">Read the Entire Story</a> -
Josh Notes Travels to Puerto Rico
Acting as our Cleats on the Ground Ambassador, greeNEWit CFO Josh Notes and his friends arrive in Puerto Rico with a suit case of cleats to share with Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol Read the Entire Story -
DC Scores Distribution Event
In late October, the C$BF team was incredibly excited to partner with <a href='http://www.americascores.org/affiliates/dc' target="_new">DC SCORES</a> and participate in their Fall Frenzy in Washington D.C. At the event we distributed 350 cleats. <a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bf-blog/c244g/post/3376740631530130093' target="_parent>Read the Entire Story</a> -
Josh Massey Joins the Team
Today, Josh Massey, a student a UMBC stuying Leadership Development and Social Entrepreneurship joined our team. He and Andres are working together as Team Leads to continue to grow Cleats For Bare Feet into a global movement. <a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bfteammembers/c20r9' target="_parent">Read Josh's Bio</a>
<a href='http://c4bf98.wix.com/c4bf#!c4bf-blog/c244g/post/4467757679500886920' target="_parent">Read the Blog Entry</a></p> -
New Website
We launched a new website to help spread the word about Cleats For Bare Feet. <a href='http://www.cleatsforbarefeet.com' target="_parent">Come Visit our New Website</a> -
100 FACEBOOK FANS!
Our Facebook page reached it's 100th fan! Thanks to all the people who help support our cause. Have you liked our <a href='http://www.facebook.com/cleatsforbarefeet' target="_parent">Facebook Page</a>? -
Shared Items with Soccer Without Borders - Baltimore
We shared 25 pairs of cleats with members of the Baltimore Chapter of <a href='http://SoccerWithoutBorders.com' target="_new">Soccer Without Borders</a>
