HAT WORLD AND GENESCO DONATE SHOES AND HATS TO NEEDY SCHOOL CHILDREN

Hal Pennington, left, chairman and CEO of Genesco Inc. fits a student at Indianapolis' Francis Scott Key Elementary with new shoes and a hat as part of the Company's Cold Feet, Warm Shoes community outreach program. Colts players Cato June and Gary Bracket center .

If what goes around comes around then Hat World and Genesco will surely be rewarded.

For the second year in a row 70 Genesco and Hat World execs (including the CEO Hal Pennington) went to the Francis Scot Key elementary school to fit students with new shoes and hats. The program, called Cold Feet, Warm Shoes, is part of the retailers outreach program. Also part of the good deed event were Indianapolis Colts players.

Genesco President Bob Dennis, Hat World President Ken Kocher and Hat World Founder and CEO Glenn Campbell (and 70 other company volunteers) staged a mock shoe and hat store in the elementary school gymnasium.

Cold Feet, Warm Shoes was started by Genesco 17 years ago in Nashville, Tenn. Its purpose was to provide new shoes to the needy – and to empower them with a choice of styles and a proper fit. Now that Hat World is part of the Genesco family the program has expanded to Indianapolis. Since the program's inception over 35,000 pairs of shoes have been donated.

According to United Way of Central Indiana, more than 64,000 children in the metropolitan Indianapolis area live in poverty -- enough to more than fill the RCA Dome.

THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO KEEP GOOD COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND GOOD KARMA.

Hopefully more of you will find it in your hearts to fill the needs of those less fortunate than you!