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 [...]

A funny thing about TOMS is how much polo has influenced the company. It’s funny because polo is seemingly everything that TOMS is not. In most people’s mind, polo is an exclusive sport limited to country clubs and people with summer homes in the Hamptons. That’s exactly what I thought when a friend invited me [...]

A group of Shoe Drop volunteers in Argentina with Alejo!

In a couple weeks I will be heading back to Argentina for a very special Shoe Drop. This past year, we held an internal contest for our sales reps across the country- set a goal on how many TOMS you will sell, and make it happen. A “Dash to the Drop,” we called it. Those [...]