Its been over a month since 10 of us HQ employees were on the other side of the world, on our hands and knees giving shoes to children. Six weeks ago we woke up every morning with a feeling of uneasy excitement: unsure of what the day ahead would hold, unsure of how we would feel when we met the children, but 100% sure of our commitment to making the lives of those children better… through shoes.
In the days before we left for the trip, we were stopped endlessly by our colleagues, “Well, are you ready?!” We just shook our heads, laughed and smiled, “I guess so!” We had no clue we would fall in love with a 6 year girl on day five, we didn’t know we’d cry when we walked in to a school on day four and hundreds of children were singing in unison to us. We didn’t predict our first day would end with a 30 minute conversation in slow, broken English about school and America and family atop a 20 foot skate ramp outside Durban.
And now, after six weeks of reminiscing and “I miss you!” posts on Facebook with the other volunteers and the Element crew, we’re sharing our stories with our fellow employees here at HQ.
Matt from Customer Service led the slide show put together by Heidi in our media department while Jonathan, Justin, Kelli, Ana Maria, Fion, Megan, Garett, and I threw in extra tidbits about how AWESOME the entire experience was.
Matt telling stories to the crowd in the back of the office
A kid getting ready to jump off the pier to surf. He is part of the Uthumbo program in Durban that provides a safe haven for street kids, teaching them art, and how to surf and skate.
The TOMS + Element South Africa Shoe Drop crew
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