As the 5th week of our internship rolls around (FIFTH WEEK?! No way…), the office is buzzing and the work is flowing steadily.  We were promised on Day 1 that we would be doing work that mattered at TOMS, not just typical intern grunt work i.e. coffee runs and long hours at the copy machine.  [...]

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, [...]

This week at TOMS has been like no other “work week” I’ve ever experienced.  As I sit here thinking how best to describe it to you guys, only one word comes to mind: family.  Among the highlights of our second full week at TOMS are a hilarious intern potluck supper at our apartment and a [...]

Hello all! It’s Sarah again with another intern update.  Our first full week at TOMS is in the books and we actually made it out the other end with some smiles, albeit a few less hours of sleep.  Our first two days of work were a good introduction to the office, but on Monday morning [...]

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 [...]

I just plopped myself down on the bed in my Venice apartment after a long day of travel. It took all day to get back from my Shoe Drop in New Orleans this past week, and this is the first moment I’ve had to really relax and reflect on a week of giving with TOMS. [...]

“Back-to-school” ads are plastered everywhere, our vacation days are running low, and we’re all about as tan as we can be… but there’s another reason why we know summer is coming to an end: OUR INTERNS ARE LEAVING! The TOMS intern program allows fresh faces to come in to HQ for 10-12 weeks and make [...]

It’s that time again everyone! Summer has arrived and brought a stellar new class of interns.
We have a small but eager group- nearly 4,000 applicants competed for only 10 spots, so we know these guys will be ready to crank.
Week one in school is typically filled with syllibi and skipping class for one last beach [...]

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 [...]

Thursday before last Sean, the founder of Falling Whistles had a house party to celebrate the opening of their new home office.

As a group of interns we all dressed up with mustaches (see picture in my previous post) and headed out for an amazing evening where we were all encouraged to express ourselves because of [...]