{"id":1996,"date":"2021-07-15T13:41:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T13:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=1996"},"modified":"2021-07-15T13:43:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T13:43:55","slug":"the-third-annual-delroy-chance-cleat-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/15\/the-third-annual-delroy-chance-cleat-event\/","title":{"rendered":"The Third Annual Delroy Chance Cleat Event"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Steven and Caroline Lewis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sojourner\u2019s Truth Staff<\/p>\n

The third annual Delroy Church Angels Wings Foundation Cleat Event was held on Saturday, July 10 at Bethlehem Baptist Church. Steven and Caroline Lewis put together funds from donations and private monies \u2013 including their own \u2013 in order to purchase 700 pair of athletic footwear for whatever youth in the community needed them.<\/p>\n

The couple was inspired by their son, Delroy, who passed away in 2018, was a football coach and mentor to so many youth. \u201cHe was always trying to help,\u201d said Steven Lewis. After their son passed, \u201cwe jumped in, grabbed the baton and started running,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Their son\u2019s girlfriend gave them the idea for a footwear giveaway and the donations started in 2018. Due to the pandemic, 2020\u2019s event was called off and, even this year, a degree of pandemic uncertainty prevented the Lewis\u2019s from collecting as many donations as they had hoped for.<\/p>\n

The mission of the Foundation, a non-profit agency, is to provide athletic equipment, sport physicals, academic support, team meals and athletic enhancement to adolescents in northwest Ohio. The Foundation also hosts winter coat giveaways and, on June 20, 2021, held an Angels\u2019 Night Out event at Ottawa Park featuring jazz artists Johnny Britt and featuring Stacey Richardson Crawford.<\/p>\n

In addition to the footwear given away on Saturday, the donations also provided bags and sports physicals for those who sought them as well as Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines. Netty\u2019s offered hot dogs for the hungry guests \u2013 and also chipped in with a donation.<\/p>\n