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Kaeleigh Houle, 5, smiles with her father Jonathon Houle after opening a box of shoes she was given by Academy Sports + Outdoors and YMCA of Greenville at the Woodruff Road Academy Sports location in Greenville on Thursday afternoon, September 3, 2020.
Kaeleigh Houle, 5, smiles with her father Jonathon Houle after opening a box of shoes she was given by Academy Sports + Outdoors and YMCA of Greenville at the Woodruff Road Academy Sports location in Greenville on Thursday afternoon, September 3, 2020. Nathan Gray/Staff
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Liza Barrett, senior regional marketing specialist for Academy Sports + Outdoors takes several pairs of shoes to a YMCA of Greenville bus to be delivered to families in Greenville.
Liza Barrett, senior regional marketing specialist for Academy Sports + Outdoors takes several pairs of shoes to a YMCA of Greenville bus to be delivered to families in Greenville. Nathan Gray/Staff
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Jonathan Houle, right, watches as his son Jaidan Cashaw opens a box of shoes he was given by Academy Sports + Outdoors and YMCA of Greenville at the Woodruff Road Academy Sports location in Greenville on Thursday afternoon, September 3, 2020.
Jonathan Houle, right, watches as his son Jaidan Cashaw opens a box of shoes he was given by Academy Sports + Outdoors and YMCA of Greenville at the Woodruff Road Academy Sports location in Greenville on Thursday afternoon, September 3, 2020. Nathan Gray/Staff
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Liza Barrett, senior regional marketing specialist for Academy Sports + Outdoors, middle, hands boxes of shoes to Kenny Johnson, operations director at Prisma Health Family YMCA.
Liza Barrett, senior regional marketing specialist for Academy Sports + Outdoors, middle, hands boxes of shoes to Kenny Johnson, operations director at Prisma Health Family YMCA. Nathan Gray/Staff
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Jonathan Houle, right, hands a box of shoes to his daughter Emmah Houle, 4, that was given to them by Academy Sports + Outdoors and YMCA of Greenville at the Woodruff Road Academy Sports location in Greenville on Thursday afternoon, September 3, 2020.
Jonathan Houle, right, hands a box of shoes to his daughter Emmah Houle, 4, that was given to them by Academy Sports + Outdoors and YMCA of Greenville at the Woodruff Road Academy Sports location in Greenville on Thursday afternoon, September 3, 2020. Nathan Gray/Staff
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Carol Ruppel, community development director at Prisma Health Family YMCA, places box of shoes from Academy Sports + Outdoors in a YMCA of Greenville bus on Thursday afternoon, September 3, 2020.
Carol Ruppel, community development director at Prisma Health Family YMCA, places box of shoes from Academy Sports + Outdoors in a YMCA of Greenville bus on Thursday afternoon, September 3, 2020. Nathan Gray/Staff
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Jonathon Houle, right, goes through school supplies in a backpack with his daughter Emmah Houle, 4, that was given to them by Academy Sports + Outdoors and YMCA of Greenville at the Woodruff Road Academy Sports location in Greenville on Thursday afternoon, September 3, 2020.
Jonathon Houle, right, goes through school supplies in a backpack with his daughter Emmah Houle, 4, that was given to them by Academy Sports + Outdoors and YMCA of Greenville at the Woodruff Road Academy Sports location in Greenville on Thursday afternoon, September 3, 2020. Nathan Gray/Staff
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Jonathon Houle, right, goes through school supplies in a backpack with his daughter Emmah Houle, 4, that was given to them by Academy Sports + Outdoors and YMCA of Greenville at the Woodruff Road Academy Sports location in Greenville on Thursday afternoon, September 3, 2020.
Jonathon Houle, right, goes through school supplies in a backpack with his daughter Emmah Houle, 4, that was given to them by Academy Sports + Outdoors and YMCA of Greenville at the Woodruff Road Academy Sports location in Greenville on Thursday afternoon, September 3, 2020. Nathan Gray/Staff
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Jonathon Houle, right, helps his daughter Kaeleigh Houle, 5, put on a backpack that was given to them by Academy Sports + Outdoors and YMCA of Greenville at the Woodruff Road Academy Sports location in Greenville on Thursday afternoon, September 3, 2020.
Jonathon Houle, right, helps his daughter Kaeleigh Houle, 5, put on a backpack that was given to them by Academy Sports + Outdoors and YMCA of Greenville at the Woodruff Road Academy Sports location in Greenville on Thursday afternoon, September 3, 2020. Nathan Gray/Staff
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    To help some deserving children with back to school and back to sports, Academy Sports + Outdoors has teamed up with the YMCA of Greenville to donate new shoes to approximately 80 local kids ranging in age from preschool to high school. The children and their families are currently living in motels and are considered among the most vulnerable in the community. 

    The children were identified through the YMCA of Greenville’s weekly food delivery program, which has been packaging and delivering food boxes to families The Y has provided more than 18,000 meals to deserving families, delivering approximately 100 food boxes weekly.

    A local family was given new pairs of shoes as well as new backpacks full of school supplies at the Academy Sports + Outdoors location on Woodruff Road on Thursday afternoon, September 3, 2020. A YMCA of Greenville van was also filled with boxes of new shoes to be delivered to the families in hotels. 

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