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a taste of TOMS

March 2nd, 2010 3 Comments

Projects are moving full speed ahead at HQ this week and I now see that there is no such thing as a “slow day” at TOMS.  After an exciting weekend of adventures and exploring L.A. (intern Grace and I got a little lost in Korea-town and ended up in what might be the sketchiest, most [...]

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who are we?

February 21st, 2010 3 Comments

I’ve gotten several questions since I started these intern updates regarding just what it takes to be a TOMS HQ intern.  Each time I usually respond that you must be hard working, passionate, driven, smart, and eager to learn.  But then as I thought about my fellow interns, it occurred to me that you must also be unique, silly, fun, [...]

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the starting line

January 27th, 2010 2 Comments

Eleven strangers from around the country were chosen to work in one warehouse for five months.  Welcome to the life of a TOMS Spring 2010 intern.  My name is Sarah and I am one of the newest members to the TOMS family! I drove across the country all the way from Augusta, GA to begin [...]

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you’ve had the adventure of a lifetime, now we say goodbye

May 22nd, 2009 No Comments

If you have been reading the Vagabond blog posts this week, you might have noticed they are all saying their goodbyes. Each of us here at HQ could easily write about how much they have inspired us and how proud we are, but on our behalf, here is Mike Hammer- Director of Campus Programs and [...]

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now it’s time to say goodbye

May 22nd, 2009 No Comments

The end is absolutely upon us Folks!
That’s right, Team South East has globe-trotted, or country-trotted rather, for the past three months and is now facing their final days on tour. Carmin, Sloan and Liz have successfully driven to the four corners of the country- New York, Miami, L.A., and San Fran- And in an [...]

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lean on me, when you’re not strong

May 22nd, 2009 No Comments

I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on. For it won’t be long til I’m gonna need somebody to lean on.
This verse could very well be our motto for being a Vagabond. We are all the most eclectic and different group of people. Many of us would not be friends had we met on [...]

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why do all good things come to an end?

May 21st, 2009 No Comments

Yes I said “end” but we will be Vagabonds for life!!This experience was quite a journey and I think all of us have learned so much about ourselves in the process. To all of our readers who have been following our tour and watching our videos, thank you for all of your support. We will [...]

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viva las vegas, and back in cali

May 15th, 2009 No Comments

You guys, Vegas was INSANE!
We were reunited with our other Vaga-loves in Vegas over the weekend! How I missed them so! On Friday night a few of us went to see the Beatles Love Circue Du Soleil show! AMAZING!

It comes highly recommended from this girl. We also went as a whole group [...]

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all good things must come to an end

May 14th, 2009 No Comments

I can’t talk about what happened here.
*sigh* it’s our last week. We cannot believe it. We have been on the road for 11 weeks. It is craziness. Right now, I’m listening to Ana belt out that terrible Taylor Swift song about Romeo or whatever for the 743rd time, and honestly I’m gonna miss the mad [...]

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the rescue with invisible children: oprah rescued us

May 11th, 2009 1 Comment

Just pinch me because this past week was an amazing dream! While in Chicago for a few events we got to be part of history and join the Invisible Children Rescue Riders and Roadies to the final rescue that happened on the morning of May 1st.
It was a hopeful goal to see if Oprah Winfrey [...]

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