Thursday, May 26, 2011

From our friends at Pediped

Pediped® footwear is partners this Memorial Day with Operation Homefront to support military families!

Pediped® footwear has been one of the leading children’s footwear companies, and has always made it their mission to give back to the community. They will continue to do so this Memorial Day by honoring military families with a "Buy a Pair to Give a Pair" event to benefit Operation Homefront


For each pair of shoes sold on pediped.com from Midnight Wednesday, May 24 to Midnight Tuesday, May 31st, pediped footwear will donate a pair of pediped shoes to Operation Homefront.  Operation Homefront will distribute these shoes directly to families of our service members and wounded warriors.

Pediped footwear is extremely proud to honor military families this Memorial Day,” says Rudy Glocker, Managing Partner, pediped footwear.  “We are inspired by the work that Operation Homefront does every day and we are so happy to have our company and our consumers support this worthy organization.”

Generous partners like pediped footwear make it possible for Operation Homefront to provide vital aid to the families of military members and wounded warriors,” said Jim Knotts, president and CEO of Operation Homefront. “We thank them for their contribution as it will raise awareness and help improve the lives of these heroes.”

About Operation Homefront:

Operation Homefront provides emergency financial and other assistance to the families of our service members and wounded warriors.  A national nonprofit, Operation Homefront leads more than 4,500 volunteers across 25 chapters and has met more than 400,000 needs since 2002.  A four-star rated charity by watchdog Charity Navigator, and with an A rating by the American Philanthropy Institute, 94 percent of all donations to Operation Homefront goes to its programs.  For more information about Operation Homefront, please visit www.operationhomefront.net 

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