Girls basketball team buys 50 pairs of sneakers to donate to Sunset Elementary schoolers: ‘Let’s spread kindness’

On the first day of school at Windsor Elementary, one of Kristen Myers’ second-graders wore a pair of sneakers she recognized.

Myers said the student kept it to herself until one day her student proudly announced: “Teacher, did you know a kid bought me these shoes?”

The year prior, she was involved with a newly formed club basketball team that goes beyond the sport, fundraising in an effort to buy new shoes for kids in need around Cheney.

One of her pupils was the recipient of a pair of shoes purchased by the team, called “S2P” or “Shoes 2 Play,” and still remembered the gift months later.

“ ‘It’s really kind that another kid gave you these shoes,’ ” Myers said she told her student, “ ‘Let’s spread kindness.’ He said, ‘Okay, teacher, I promise.’ ”

Formed last year by Joshua Loera, S2P