I never imagined I’d say this, but I’m pretty excited about intestinal parasites.
They’re just one of the many things that can plague a child without shoes, but they’re a big one. Some pretty amazing stats, from the World Health Organization and some of our field partners:

400 million children are infected or at risk of [...]

Three of our staff – Andrew, Alejo, and I – just got back from a week in Ethiopia, finding exciting new ways to increase our giving there. In addition to participating in Timkat, one of Ethiopia’s biggest holidays (where Andrew and Alejo wore matching Ethiopian shirts and I got blessed/sprayed in the face by a [...]

Lucky day number 7 of the TOMS Top Ten Top 10 lists delivers the best Shoe Drop moments of 2009. From happy kids, to happy volunteers, hand placing a matched pair of TOMS on a child’s foot is a very special experience and our friends and photographers have captured some really amazing moments.
On a side [...]

Argentina is where it all began. You’ve seen the YouTube videos, the documentary, and countless photos. We LOVE Argentina.
The majority of our volunteer Shoe Drops have taken place there and I was fortunate to have been a part of one in March, 2008 with an amazing group of people. I called them our Guinea Pigs [...]

On a recent trip to Ethiopia, I visited a number of podo clinics doing incredible work. One of the coolest innovations I’ve seen in podo treatment is training recovered podo patients to do outreach to new patients. At one such program, I met a woman who was well on her way to recovery – her [...]

As TOMS continues to grow, so do the number of people inspired by One for One. Our campus programs have flourished in to over 1,070 TOMS campus clubs all over the country, new desks are being filled by passionate new employees at HQ, and our inboxes, Facebook Wall, and Twitter feeds are loaded with stories [...]

We know that TOMS has the most loyal and generous supporters around, and now we want to prove it to America! Help us win $50,000 for Friends of TOMS to go on more TOMS Shoe Drops and fight Podo.
We have until November 6th to show everyone how incredible TOMS supporters are and all it takes [...]

The Friends of TOMS team at TOMS headquarters had a blast with our 50+ Shoe Drop Volunteers for the annual Shoe Drop Reunion. What a great weekend with so many wonderful people!
The opening night started the weekend off with a bang. We screen printed custom Shoe Drop t-shirts with maps of Shoe Drop locations, parachutes, [...]

The Friends of TOMS team at the TOMS headquarters has been very busy preparing for the arrival of 50+ Shoe Drop Volunteers for the annual Shoe Drop Volunteer Reunion. Past volunteers are flying in from all around the globe to join us, and we can’t wait to re-connect with these passionate members of our TOMS [...]

Leah and Travis, two TOMS employees, are spending this week in Argentina on their first Shoe Drop. A quick note from Leah,

“There was a big storm that last night, we enjoyed an amazing lightening show like only the southern hemisphere could perform. It was amazing.
Another photo from the Shoe Drop yesterday here. We’ve had to [...]