COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Away from the rest of the kids, sitting on the gym floor, back against the wall, Conner Swaim tossed aside the wrapping paper and pulled another shoe out of a box.
The green Vans, size five, slipped on his right foot after a few good tugs.
“Vans are hard to get on,” he said. ”But they’re really cool.”
At the other end of the gym in the Lola and Duane Hagadone Boys and Girls Club of Kootenai County, 6-year-old Amelia Johnson was beaming with pride Wednesday as she showed off a pair of glittery, purple Skechers.
They felt springy and fast, she said.
“I like them a lot,” she said. “They’ll make me fly. That’s why I like them.”
The two kids were among hundreds who received free shoes and socks courtesy of Rita Case, president and CEO of Rick Case Automotive Group. She funded the gift of 450 pairs of shoes and 900 pairs of Bombas socks.
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