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top ten top tens, day 5: our fearless leader

January 2nd, 2010 No Comments

We’re settling in to the New Year and we’re halfway through our ten days of top tens. Today, we pay special tribute to our fearless leader, the Chief Shoe Giver and founder of TOMS, Blake Mycoskie. I’m confident all TOMS employees would agree we’re super lucky to have such an approachable and intelligent boss that [...]

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NOLA shoe drop on good morning america, tomorrow sept 3rd!

September 2nd, 2009 No Comments

As many of you know, TOMS was in New Orleans last week for Style Your Sole Shoe Drops at five local schools. We were fortunate to have Robin Roberts from Good Morning America join us to speak with Blake and help decorate the canvas TOMS with students.
The GMA piece will air some time between 8am [...]

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a volunteer perspective from the new orleans shoe drop

September 1st, 2009 1 Comment

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. [...]

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new adventures of the TOMS vagabonds

May 8th, 2009 1 Comment

We’re excited to premier a whole new format for the Vagabond videos!  Enjoy your weekly dose of each team in one easy to view segment!

What do you think?

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new orleans shoe drop: a volunteer experience

April 30th, 2009 1 Comment

Hi! I’m Ana Maria, and I work on the giving side of TOMS. The best part of my job is traveling to new destinations and hand placing shoes on children’s feet with other passionate volunteers.
Students in New Orleans, LA were fitted with their own pair of new TOMS shoes this past week. They put marker [...]

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TOMS in NOLA

April 28th, 2009 1 Comment

TOMS hosted our first Shoe Drop in New Orleans yesterday. As with our US Shoe Drops we held this past fall, we brought markers for the kids to draw on their shoes and get their creativity flowing. We were set up right next to the playground, which was really cool to see all the kids [...]

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New Orleans

March 22nd, 2007 No Comments

Last night we experienced the Rebirth Brass Band at the Maple Leaf in New Orleans (strongly suggested by Elle�s Jenny Feldman). Now I use the word �experience� deliberately because you do not watch or see this band, you literally experience them and the music as it reverberates through your bones and hopefully your soul.

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