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Entries from March 2009

one day without shoes 2009

March 31st, 2009 No Comments

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 [...]

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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.

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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.

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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