08/29/2025
The Heart of the City Award is given in recognition of those who have made a significant contribution to the Mid-Michigan area through inspiration, spirit, and excellent leadership. They’re dreamers, they’re visionaries, developers, creators, leaders, and partners. The bottom line is they are the heart and soul of this community and represent the Hispanic Latino Community at its best. For the year of 2025, that person is Geronimo Lerma.
With inspiration from his parents, especially his Dad, he started Footprints of Michigan. He quit a safe and secure job to fill a need within the homeless community. Providing shoes and eventually any type of footwear. He taught himself how to use Canva which led to being able to create flyers, banners, business cards etc. This in turn produced some great content for social media. He pours his heart and soul into Footprints for the benefit of others.
Countless stories of Geronimo getting called for some odd sized shoes and he would find them and deliver them. This is his passion and his reason to push forward. All of this and he still has to do his dialysis 3 times a week meaning he is not always 100%. Not even on his good days but he keeps pushing forward. For this, Cafecito Caliente will recognize Geronimo Lerma with a special Heart of the City Award at the Cafecito Awards.
The Cafecito Awards will take place Friday, September 26, 2025, beginning at 5:00pm at the Cadillac Room. More details can be found at the Cafecito Caliente website.
Tickets: https://cafecitocaliente.com/store-2/2025-cafecito-awards/
