THE APEX TIMES
The Colts hosted a New Shoe Day arts event for service members and their families, with players and cheerleaders joining families for a hands-on, calming activity ahead of the team’s Salute to Service game.
The Indianapolis Colts welcomed military families to the Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center for a shoe-painting event with Kicasso Sneaker Art Bar, an evening designed as a decompression and community-building activity.
Families attending were joined by Colts players and cheerleaders as the event paired a creative outlet with a military outreach theme, continuing the club’s work leading into its Salute to Service game Sunday, according to the team.
Kicasso owner Carl Bradley described the experience as art on shoes instead of a traditional canvas, framing the activity as a calming way to “open up” participants and engage with the artwork beyond everyday routines.
Bradley said Colts and Kicasso connected about three years ago with goals that included holding team-building events and serving communities, including service members and their families.
Several Colts players were on hand for the event, including quarterbacks Daniel Jones, Anthony Richardson Sr., and Riley Leonard, plus rookie guard Jalen Farmer and cornerback Kenneth Harris. Leonard also discussed the importance of meeting military families and seeing the service members and their families as the “real heroes,” while the event offered kids and adults their own shoes to paint.
The team also said New Shoe Day provided new sneakers to family members present.
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