{"id":78,"date":"2010-01-15T09:43:15","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T09:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2010\/01\/shirts-for-shoes.html"},"modified":"2010-01-15T09:43:15","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T09:43:15","slug":"shirts-for-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2010\/01\/shirts-for-shoes.html","title":{"rendered":"Shirts for Shoes: Be an Orphan&#8217;s Valentine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Before I get on the plane to South Africa, I wanted to announce the launch of &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/mycrazyadoption.org\/hopechest-project-fundraiser-starts-today-shirts-for-shoes\">Shirts for Shoes<\/a>,&quot; our Valentines Day campaign. In partnership with <a href=\"http:\/\/mycrazyadoption.org\/\">Kari Gibson&#039;s Simply Love project<\/a>, we have created exclusive and limited<br \/>\nedition T-shirts for you to buy as a Valentines Day gift for your loved<br \/>\nones. 100% of proceeds will provide a new shirt and new shoes to 400 children in Ethiopia in our programs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mycrazyadoption.org\/one-stop-shop\/shirts-for-shoes-hopechest-project\">PURCHASE YOUR HOPECHEST VALENTINES DAY SHIRT TODAY!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Place your order before February 1, 2010.<\/em><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Why buy a T-Shirt?<\/span> Your <a href=\"http:\/\/mycrazyadoption.org\/one-stop-shop\/shirts-for-shoes-hopechest-project\">purchase <\/a>of a shirt not only makes a great Valentines Day gift, but it gives the best gift of all to an orphan: love.&#160; Make this a Valentine\u2019s Day you will never forget.&#160;<br \/>\nWrap your hearts around each face and pray for them every time you wear<br \/>\nyour shirts. <strong>Click the shirts below to go straight to the ordering page.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"> <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mycrazyadoption.org\/one-stop-shop\/shirts-for-shoes-hopechest-project\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mycrazyadoption.org\/images\/girls-button.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px;height: 200px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mycrazyadoption.org\/one-stop-shop\/shirts-for-shoes-hopechest-project\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mycrazyadoption.org\/images\/ET-button.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px;height: 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Why do the orphans need shoes? <\/strong>Many of the kids in Ethiopia are coming to us with clothing that is either worn out, too small, or even too big. <strong>Children who have lost their parents to AIDS are wearing the clothes left behind by mom and dad.&#160;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">These recent photos <em><strong>show<\/strong><\/em> you the need and demonstrate how much a pair of shoes will make a huge difference.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b7fa69e2012876da3db7970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_9941 (Small)\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451b7fa69e2012876da3db7970c image-full \" src=\"https:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b7fa69e2012876da3db7970c-800wi\" style=\"width: 368px;height: 245px\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b7fa69e2012876da3d80970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_9939 (Small)\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451b7fa69e2012876da3d80970c \" src=\"https:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b7fa69e2012876da3d80970c-800wi\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b7fa69e2012876da3d16970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5373 (Small)\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451b7fa69e2012876da3d16970c image-full \" src=\"https:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b7fa69e2012876da3d16970c-800wi\" style=\"width: 368px;height: 245px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mycrazyadohttp:\/\/mycrazyadoption.org\/one-stop-shop\/shirts-for-shoes-hopechest-project\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mycrazyadoption.org\/one-stop-shop\/shirts-for-shoes-hopechest-project\">PURCHASE YOUR HOPECHEST VALENTINES DAY SHIRT TODAY!<\/a><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Place your order before February 1, 2010.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Want to promote Shirts for Shoes on your blog? 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