by Matt Hughes
J-E News Editor
Representatives from Webster County Happy Feet recently received a check for $4,000 from coal miners at Webster County Coal (Dotiki Mine), but it was not a traditional check presentation. Instead of meeting the miner’s in the staging area, Samantha Nall, Casie Corbett and Shirley Hendrix visited with Dotiki miners in their own environment, deep below the surface of Webster County.
“It was amazing!” said Corbett, who works at Independence Bank in Providence. “I was terrified to go, but I loved it. They were so good to us and explained everything. It was so neat to see what so many of my customers do on a daily basis.”
Workers at the Alliance Resource Partners owned Dotiki Mine donated the $4,000 themselves.
Happy Feet is an organization that provides athletic shoes, free of charge, to Webster County children in need.
The organization was founded in 2009 by Jerry Baird of Union County, and can be found in several local counties. Thanks to the charitable donations and support of the local communities, Happy Feet began in Webster County during the 2010 school year.
The Webster County Schools Family Resource and Youth Service Center Directors identify eligible students for the program. A local shoe store has partnered with Happy Feet from the beginning in sizing, selecting various shoes of choice in each size, and delivering the shoes to these chosen students.
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