Kids 'Go good' with new sneakers
Running Shoes 4 Kids provided four Lakes Middle School students with new sneakers Wednesday with their Go Good program. From left: Seventh grade Ellie Holm, program founder Colene Hotmer, sixth grade Drew Hammond, eighth grade Andrew Hammontree and sixth grade Damian Bosson.
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Seventh grade student Ellie Holm tries on new sneakers at Lakes Middle School Wednesday. Four students were able to choose from a selection of brand new sneakers as part of a program by Running Shoes 4 Kids, a local program that has been serving Kootenai County since 2012.
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Lakes Middle School students Andrew Hammontree, left, and Damian Bosson, peruse new sneaker options. The event was part of a program called Running Shoes 4 Kids, that has been providing incentive for students to "go good," for the past 12 years.
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Sixth grade Lakes Middle School student Damian Bosson thinks hard about which new sneakers he'd like Wednesday. Bosson and four other Lakes students received new shoes as part of a the Running Shoes 4 Kids program. For the past 12 years, the program has incentivized local students with the promise of earning new running shoes. Part of participating is that kids pledge to "go good," and to empower other students, teachers and parents by being helpful, not hurtful, founder Colene Hotmer said.
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COEUR d’ALENE — For sixth grade Lakes Middle School student Damian Bosson, the brand new black Nike sneakers with a trademark white swoop were the "perfect fit." Bosson, and four other Lakes students were each awarded a new pair of sneakers thanks to a program called Running Shoes 4 Kids, that was founded by Athol resident Colene Hotmer in 2012...
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