On Oct.10, a new, Samaritan’s Feet logo car will run the track at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, with NASCAR driver Kelly Bires behind the wheel. The car will race in the Dollar General 300, part of the NASCAR nationwide series.

Organizers of the race, including Speedway Children’s Charities, want to raise awareness of Samaritan’s Feet, an international humanitarian organization founded by Manny Ohonme. Among other things, Samaritan’s Feet strives to demonstrate compassion by washing and equipping children’s feet with shoes, and touching their hearts with the love of God.

On Oct. 11, Ohonme will begin a two-week, 300-mile, barefoot walk from Charlotte to Atlanta to increase awareness of more than 300 million children around the world who have never owned a pair of shoes. Ohonme already knows what that’s like because he grew up as a poor child in Nigeria, West Africa. That’s what inspired Samaritan’s Feet.

The spiffy race car will travel with Ohonme and his supporters as part of the walk from Charlotte. Speedway Children’s Charities collaborates with nonprofit organizations nationwide, and SCC’s local chapters provide grants to help children in their communities. Last year, SCC awarded more than $3.3million to more than 510 organizations. Find more about SCC at http://www.speedwaycharities.org.

Learn about Samaritan’s Feet online and get details about participating and making contributions. Visit http://www.samaritansfeet.org.

NASCAR’s Bires is asking race fans, TV viewers, and the public to go online and make donations or pledge to walk with Ohonme.

See if you can do some good.