Organizers of the QC Marathon announced a new program today called Shoes for Kids. Sponsors of this year's race donated 75 pairs of shoes to 75 kids, who will all get free entry into a QC Marathon ...

The 43-year-old Coal Valley resident decided he wanted to collect shoes for kids and hand them out to students in need in the East Moline School District. That's how Kicks for Kids was born.

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Brent Hamerlinck has loved shoes his entire life, but shoes aren't always accessible to all families. That's why Hamerlinck decided to create his nonprofit, Kicks for Kids ...

Brent Hamerlinck had a crazy idea ahead of last Christmas. The 43-year-old Coal Valley resident decided he wanted to collect shoes for kids and hand them out to students in need in the East Moline ...

So far, Montgomery and the rest of the Pioneers have already donated shoes to about 300 kids in need. "We see kids from year to year, the last pair of shoes they had were the shoes from us a year ago.

Last year Rivermont donated 100 pairs of shoes and had enough cash leftover to purchase 83 coats for kids. “If our small school can do this, certainly bigger ones can,” Wallace said. “It ...