Hi! I’m Ana Maria, and I work on the giving side of TOMS. The best part of my job is traveling to new destinations and hand placing shoes on children’s feet with other passionate volunteers.
Students in New Orleans, LA were fitted with their own pair of new TOMS shoes this past week. They put marker [...]
Entries from April 2009
new orleans shoe drop: a volunteer experience
April 30th, 2009 1 Comment
Tags: get involved · giving · guest blogger · new orleans · shoes · volunteer · volunteering
roadtrip to chicago!
April 30th, 2009 1 Comment
When you think Midwest roadtrip, you think of passing through Chicago. And we are all up in it! I am in love with this place! We had two amazing events this weekend!
First one was at OhNo!Doom Art Gallery, where there were over ten artists that donated their time to paint shoes for the [...]
Tags: chicago · Chicago style pizza · internship · MW 2009 · pizza · roadtrip · VAGABOND
international retailer download: escape sports
April 29th, 2009 No Comments
Escape Sports is a fresh TOMS retailer who swears by authenticity: they are actually in to all the sports for the gear that they sell. And since this photo is authentic, too (thats how they greet their customers every morning, right?), we’re amped to have them on board.
TOMS: How did you hear about TOMS?
Escape Sports: [...]
Tags: Canada · Escape Sports · family owned business · international · retail store · sports · sports gear
TOMS for prom
April 29th, 2009 1 Comment
I wore TOMS to my senior prom, and while some may have given me strange looks, I didn’t have to worry about:
aerating the lawns where we took pictures
taking my shoes off because they were uncomfortable heels
changing shoes after prom
taking my shoes off for any reason
falling over in 3 inch heels getting into our transportation to [...]
Tags: friend of TOMS · high school · prom flats · prom shoes · TOMS for prom
we got rescued!
April 29th, 2009 No Comments
I don’t know if any of you have noticed, but the Team Ndubs… err Team USA schedule has been kinda light lately. Well all that changed this week. We had plenty to do. After an amazing event with some of my friends from Nashville we were off to Kirksville, MO.
Look at all my friends. My [...]
Tags: IC · invisible children · Missouri · NW2009 · roadtrip · St. Louis · The Rescue · travel · usa · Vagavan
TOMS in NOLA
April 28th, 2009 1 Comment
TOMS hosted our first Shoe Drop in New Orleans yesterday. As with our US Shoe Drops we held this past fall, we brought markers for the kids to draw on their shoes and get their creativity flowing. We were set up right next to the playground, which was really cool to see all the kids [...]
Tags: children · give · KIPP · LA · new orleans · NOLA · Shoe Drop · style your sole · toms · toms shoes
getting acquainted
April 28th, 2009 No Comments
I’m writing to you from the Vagavan, as Team SW once again leaves Los Angeles, headed for Phoenix. We just can’t seem to get enough of California and Arizona. It was exceptionally hard to leave LA this time, however. We’ve spent the past week getting acquainted with our San Juan Hills High School campus rep, [...]
Tags: blake mycoskie · Catalyst Conference West Coast · falling whistles · Former Interns · Hillsong United · los angeles · Orange County · Parker Tinsley · Phoenix · Sean Carasso · Straight A's · Team SW · To Write Love On Her Arms
continued adventures of vagabond season two
April 27th, 2009 No Comments
Vagabonds are on their way home soon… but there are still a few weeks left of hilarious videos. Here’s week 8. Enjoy!
Northwest
Northeast
Southwest
Southeast
Midwest
Tags: Spring 2009 Vagabond Tour · video
5 simple ways to maintain sanity on a 3-month road trip
April 27th, 2009 1 Comment
Several weeks ago, I was positive beyond a shadow of a doubt that I had left my sanity somewhere along a 60-mile stretch of U-turns in the Appalachian Mountains. That was then, and this is now. My brief stint with delusion and lunacy has come and gone–and I’ll tell you how.
1. A friend in need [...]
Tags: Dave Matthews Band · florida · oatmeal creme pies · s'mores · southeast vagabonds · the love alliance · your team
good times on the road
April 27th, 2009 No Comments
Life in the Northeast is pretty awesome. Everyone is super excited about TOMS and the One for One movement. Our events have been going so well we are having difficulty keeping up with the demand! It’s a little disappointing that we can’t outfit everyone at the events with TOMS but it does give us a [...]
Tags: NORTHEAST · one for one · style your sole · Vagabonds
