Maybe they can design a good referee shoe

[Mark Padgett]

News story here today in Portland:

Each year, kids from Doernbecher Children’s Hospital visit the Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton to collaborate with their very own Nike designer, where they create their very own shoes. The designs reflect who they are and what they want to become, and proceeds from the sale of the shoes benefit the children's hospital.

The shoes are sold at the Niketown stores in Portland and Eugene. This raises quite a bit of money for the hospital and really gives the kids a fun experience. Kudos to Phil Knight.

BTW - my wife also works to help these kids as she is a volunteer for the Make A Wish Foundation. Not part of the shoe story, but I wanted to give her some kudos in public, too.