In 2002, Oprah and her staff of volunteers traveled to South Africa to bring Christmas joy to 50,000 unsuspecting schoolchildren and orphans devastated by the AIDS epidemic. Many of those children walked miles -- in tattered shoes or no shoes at all -- to meet up with the staff. When the children arrived, Oprah said, their joy was contagious.
Believing they were there to simply attend "a party," the children smiled, danced and laughed with the volunteers -- and got their feet measured. Without explaining why, Oprah's volunteers measured the size of each child's feet so they could later be sent home with a brand new pair of shoes. It was a surprise to many, who didn't realize there would be any gifts at the event.
But that wasn't even the biggest surprise.
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