Charity shoe drive nets 1000 pairs

0 Comment Posted November 06, 2009 at 09:35 PM by kakijing

The first annual Janeen Mansour Celebrity Shoe Drive raised enough christian louboutin shoes to benefit families of The Salvation Army of Southern California, a US-based charitable institution.

The event, which was recently held at the Rancho Park Golf Course in Los Angeles, was attended by popular Hollywood stars, with over 600 personalities participating at the Celebrity Charity Shoe Throwing Competition and donating over 1000 pairs of christian louboutin shoes for needy families.

Three winners each received the Golden Shoe Award for throwing their christian louboutin shoes with the farthest distance in the childrens, ladies categories. President George Bush and Lara Bush are great supporters of the Salvation Army and they will be making shoe donations in support of Mansours aims for the show drive.

Janeen Mansour, TV anchor and celebrity presenter of Dubai.TV, revealed that the shoe throwing competition was also enjoyed by families who participated alongside the celebrity participants who competed within the fun-filled activities.

Hollywood A - Lister Melanie Griffith and famed designer Christian Audigier donated several pairs of christian louboutin shoes, with the latter donating new unused pairs of Christian louboutin sale.

Among the celebrities who attended the event were Kim Kardashian of the reality TV show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Ziad Batal, executive producer of Hydra Executives, a new reality program set in Abu Dhabi, and Steve Allen, executive director of The Salvation Army of Southern California.

They provide homeless shelters, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, services for at-risk youth, summer camp for underprivileged children, day care, elderly care, after school programs for inner city kids, transitional and permanent housing for those afflicted with HIV/AIDS, among other charitable works.

'The donated christian louboutin shoes will go a long way in helping rebuild the lives of those in need, one step at a time,'said Major Victor A Leslie, divisional commander, The Salvation Army Southern, California Division.

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