Hundreds of kids get a free pair of Nikes at DC elementary school

Hundreds of kids get a free pair of Nikes at DC elementary school

Hundreds of kids at a Northeast D.C. elementary school couldn’t wipe the smiles off their faces as they had to choose between pairs of Nikes. Each pair was carefully measured and fit for the happy young students.

“They look nice. I never had a pair of these, my first time,” said Kingston Cook, a fifth grader at Miner Elementary School who just got a new pair of gray Nikes.

“I was actually pretty happy because I get shoes, but only for Christmas and stuff,” he told WTOP.

Cook was one of around 450 kids who got free shoes Tuesday through Nordstrom and the nonprofit Shoes That Fit.

“We make sure that every child is measured and that they get a pair of shoes that fit them, even if we have to go out somewhere else to find sp