{"id":847242,"date":"2026-06-05T23:45:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T23:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/847242\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T23:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T23:45:15","slug":"2-helps-you-man-walks-from-houston-to-san-antonio-then-comes-back-to-give-away-nearly-100-pairs-of-shoes-to-katy-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/847242\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Helps You: Man walks from Houston to San Antonio, then comes back to give away nearly 100 pairs of shoes to Katy kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><strong>KATY, Texas<\/strong> \u2013 Andrew Zamarippas called it the I-10 Iron Kids Walk \u2014 a trek from Houston to San Antonio to raise money for shoe giveaways for little league kids in both cities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">He shared his story with 2 Helps You as to how he pushed a wagon the entire way, carrying a generator to charge his phone, food, and water. He collapsed from dehydration in Seguin before finishing the journey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">When Zamarippas showed up at Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods in Katy, corporate skepticism quickly turned into cooperation. \u201cThey\u2019re like \u2014 What? Are you serious? Who are you? But yet you\u2019re here?\u201d Zamarippas said with a laugh. \u201cI\u2019m here, I\u2019m here.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 etvbxt font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Nearly 100 kids walked out of that Dick\u2019s on Friday with a free pair of shoes. \u201cThis is what touches my heart,\u201d Zamarippas said, realizing the impact he is having on the community. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">His message to every kid who laced up \u2014 \u201cKeep doing good work in football, soccer, baseball, whatever ya\u2019ll do. Respect ya\u2019ll\u2019s parents and keep looking forward in your career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">His next move \u2014 another giveaway, in the near future. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">If you know someone making a positive in their community, email our Help Desk as every Friday 2 Helps You showcases reports on the community making the community better. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KATY, Texas \u2013 Andrew Zamarippas called it the I-10 Iron Kids Walk \u2014 a trek from Houston to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":847243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[85239,346391,4345,23388,7202,65581,358,3187],"class_list":["post-847242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-2-helps-you","tag-andrew-zamarippas","tag-houston","tag-katy","tag-san-antonio","tag-shoes","tag-texas","tag-tx"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116700166749570535","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=847242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/847243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}