The past 30 days have been a whirl-wind. In addition to the expected Holiday rush that commences after Thanksgiving, things were particularly busy at the TOMS HQ.
30,000 pairs of shoes in 30 days…. can we do it?!
Christmas has now snuck up on us, and the 30 day deadline we set for ourselves has ended. And [...]
did we reach our goal?!
December 24th, 2008 No Comments
Tags: 30k in 30 days · Chief Shoe Giver · ethiopia · happy holidays · holiday gift ideas · toms shoes · WOW
To kick off ‘09…
December 23rd, 2008 No Comments
For the second year in a row, I’ll be starting my new year in Argentina on a Shoe Drop with family and friends. We will be headed to Misiones- the same region of the first Shoe Drop where we gave the first 10,000 pairs of shoes in 2006. Argentina is always such an energizing place [...]
Tags: argentina · Chief Shoe Giver · Shoe Drop · shoe drop dates · The Giving Side · toms shoes
huffington post
December 4th, 2008 No Comments
Click here to read Blake’s featured story on The Huffington Post! Help us out and DIGG it!
Tags: 30k in 30 days · Chief Shoe Giver · digg · huffington post
thank you for the holiday video!
November 21st, 2008 No Comments
Tags: 30k in 30 days · Chief Shoe Giver · holiday · we are born inc.
CGI 2008
October 8th, 2008 1 Comment
A few colleagues and I attended the annual Clinton Global Initiative conference in NYC earlier this month, and there are some really exciting things to share! At the closing Plenary Session, Former President Bill Clinton announced that TOMS Shoes will give 100,000 pairs of TOMS shoes to Haitians affected by Hurricane Ike as a key [...]
Tags: CGI · Chief Shoe Giver · clinton global initiative · haiti · matt damon · nyc · wycleaf jean
Invest in Others
September 30th, 2008 No Comments
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to speak at a cool event in NYC called the Community Leadership Awards. This award ceremony was hosted by the Invest in Others Charitable Foundation, a non-profit that harnesses the volunteer efforts of members of the financial industry.
What amazed me about this group of financial planners is that [...]
Tags: charity · Chief Shoe Giver · invest in others
happy birthday, big shoe
August 27th, 2008 No Comments
Best “SURPRISE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” reaction in TOMS history:
Happy Birthday, Blake Mycoskie.
<3 Your TOMS family
Tags: birthday · Chief Shoe Giver · surprise · toms shoes
