We often answer inquiries of, “How can I get involved? How can I help?” with a reminder to wear your TOMS everyday and share the One for One mission. On April 16th, however, we want you to leave your shoes at the door. Walk barefoot in an effort to create awareness about the impact a [...]
Entries from March 2009
one day without shoes 2009
March 31st, 2009 No Comments
Tags: #OneDay · April 16th · barefoot · campus · contaminated soil · infection · One Day · One Day Without Shoes · one day without shoes 2009 · one for one · parasites · school · uniform · why shoes
fun in oregon
March 30th, 2009 No Comments
Enjoy the latest video installment from the NW Vagabonds, Carolyn, Ana, and Justin as they trail their way through the wilderness of Oregon.
For more Vagabond Fun be sure to check out their other videos.
Tags: boats · bridge · lap dog · NW2009 · Oregon · Spring 2009 Vagabond Tour · video · youtube
team southeast on the importance of eating well.
March 30th, 2009 No Comments
…and the award for having the greatest week on tour of all time goes to TEAM SOUTHEAST. Goodness gracious, this has been one for the record books, somethin’ to call home about, you might even shake a stick at it.
Tags: appalachian mountains · celebrities · gourmet food · granny · invisible children · mini-horses
arizona california arizona?
March 27th, 2009 No Comments
We have finally left the state!! We hit Arizona on Sunday… but we were back in LA today for a church event. We set up at a huge Eco Friendly Fashion show at USC, too. Now we’re blazing the trail back to AZ- all in one day. Its going to be crazy and that is [...]
Tags: Arizona · California · Highway Motorist · southwest · Team SW · USC · VAGABOND
adventures in portland
March 26th, 2009 2 Comments
Epic. That is the only word that could describe the experience of Team Ndubs in Oregon. We had some great events at University of Portland and Portland Community College. We stayed with Zach, Vagabond extraordinaire from Season 1 of the Vagabond tour. He took us all over town, showed us all the cool places, which [...]
Tags: Adventures · donut · epic · fort · hiking · Lizard Lounge · NW2009 · Portland · rock climbing · Spring 2009 Vagabond Tour · Vagabond Tour Fall 2008
fried chitlin fun
March 25th, 2009 2 Comments
In the spirit of being back in the “Dirty South,” this week’s entry is gonna to be a little more informal than usual ya’ll
Sloan and I (Carmin) both hail from the South; Sloan from Florida, me from North Carolina. Liz calls Oklahoma home, she swears Ok bears many of the same “Southernisms” as the states [...]
Tags: 4-wheeler · air boats · Charleston South Carolina · chitlins · Florida Everglades · Oklahoma · Palatka Florida · Savannah Georgia
slacklining at venice beach
March 24th, 2009 1 Comment
One of the favorite activities of us interns is to Slackline. For those of you who don’t know, Slackling is similar to tightrope walking.
You attach a “rope” that is nylon webbing to two anchor points, usually trees. The difference between this and tightrope walking is that the rope has slack in it, so [...]
Tags: Friends · Slacklining · Venice Beach
retailer download: coalition
March 24th, 2009 1 Comment
Meet San Luis Obispo TOMS retailer (and good friends) Coalition. We love them. They love us. And its our one year anniversary <3
TOMS:How did you hear about TOMS originally?
COALITION: I think the first time I heard of TOMS was from an article I read about Blake. Then I saw them in Nordstrom.
T: How long have [...]
Tags: artist · Coalition · mural · Retailer Download · San Luis Obispo · skate · skateboarding · SLO · SoCal · TOMS retailer
three generations for toms
March 24th, 2009 No Comments
Hurray! Tia and I have made it back to her home town of Waco. For this week, I must share with you a moment that meant a great deal to me. You see, when I became passionate about TOMS shoes, I never thought it would lead me to doing the shim-sham with my niece Zaynah [...]
Tags: dance · family · midwest · San Antonio · TXMW · week 3 · youtube
into the wild
March 23rd, 2009 No Comments
SO, starting yesterday, Team SW breaks free into the wild! And by wild I mean, OUT OF CALIFORNIA!!! We hit the open road in our van we still need to name. We are no longer be camping in “our parent’s backyard”. We were in Phoenix yesterday, and Tucson today.
Last week was super amazing. Our campus [...]
Tags: FIDM · mikey · Mission Viejo · Phoenix · San Diego · tiny TOMS · TOMS display · Tucson · Wario
