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Imagine a world where owning a pair of shoes can hold back a child from getting an education at school. Recently, students at Brent Elementary decided to imagine such a world and put their own foot in the door to help those in need of shoes.

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CARTHAGE, Mo. (AP) -- Many kids in the Carthage elementary school track meet changed into their running shoes before the competition began.     Haven Shepherd changed into her running legs.     Shepherd, a third grader at Steadley Elementary School who has been without both feet most of her life, raced two years ago in this meet on regular prosthetic legs but fell during her first race.     "She ...

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The universal language of dance knows no bounds. Neither does 11-year-old Patrick Holbrook, whose rapid footwork helped reunite his family in Niles with relatives an ocean away. For the past four years the sixth-grader at Culver Elementary School has studied competitive dancing at the Dillon-Gavin School of Irish Dance in Des Plaines. In November, Patrick’s solo performances at Mid-America ...

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Chain Lake Elementary teachers Dianne Reed (left), Kristi Clopp (center left), former teacher and emcee Kim Gee (center right) and Marlene Roth (right) receive cheers from students after their participation in a dance competition Thursday morning.

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Lynchburg, VA - An area school is trying to pull out a win so they can get a new playground. Heritage Elementary has signed up for the Rack Room Shoes Beautification Photo Contest. If they win, they get a $50,000 grant to improve the grounds of the school.

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CASAR — A few thousand mouse clicks could give Casar Elementary a new playground. The of pre-K through fifth graders entered Rack Room Shoes’ online school beautification contest. The contest will award a $50,000 beautification grant to...

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Crossville Elementary School is trying to $50,000 to improve its campus. Crossville has entered the Rack Room Shoes’ School Beautification...

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The students of Woodland Elementary West are again participating in the Nike Grind collection as part of an all-school Earth Day project.

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As a kid, I took care of lots of chickens. I used to sell eggs to the neighbors. My eggs were popular with the elementary school teachers because they knew I had roosters in the coop. They liked those

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Fremont elementary's track team has gone from running in flip flops and house slippers to running in proper track shoes. After 23 ABC's News' story went viral, the school was flooded with donations.

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MIDDLETOWN — Joseph Albano believes that performance art has an integral place in Middletown and should fit in nicely with the lifestyles city residents and visitors enjoy.

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Stadley Rough School first-grader Erin Schechter answers questions about her Super Scrubbie Pouch from event judge John Merrill of Pembroke Elementary School.

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Perhaps that explains the broad grin and tall posture he wore on a recent Friday morning, when the now 25-year-old led a song-and-dance troupe called the Unicorn Steppers onto a stage in front of 650 applauding schoolchildren at Monroe May Elementary School. In his two-inch-heel black dance shoes, a microphone in his grip, Chris took center stage, surrounded by a semi-circle of other adults with ...

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Every year, Fremont Elementary in East Bakersfield struggles to find proper shoes for its track team. This year, they've started fundraising in hopes of getting the kids going on the right foot.

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For the Bristow Elementary School community, having a Shoes For Water drive meant getting rid of old shoes. But for communities in developing countries, it will mean a lot more.

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DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services that is committed to improving the quality of life for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), announced today that California teammates (employees) outfitted 1,030 students at Lincoln Elementary School with a new pair of athletic shoes and socks today through the charity “Shoes that Fit.” Shoes that Fit strives to ...

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WESTFIELD TWP — Emma was beyond excited for her first father-daughter dance with her dad at Cloverleaf Elementary School last month. She wore a flowered dress, black dress shoes and a smile. When Emma, 8, and her dad, Donald Young, both of Westfield Township, walked into the gymnasium, Emma appeared to be the most popular girl ... Read More

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A class of second-graders at Melwood Elementary School in Upper Marlboro are hoping to hear from the Nike shoe company and former NBA star Michael Jordan about requests they made for shoes to be donated to honor roll students.

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The NMSU Hispanic Faculty/Staff Caucus is sponsoring a shoe drive for César Chávez Elementary in Las Cruces.

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Bristow Elementary is collecting old shoes for a good cause.

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