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 [...]
top ten top tens, day 5: our fearless leader
January 2nd, 2010 No Comments
Tags: AT&T · blake mycoskie · Chief Shoe Giver · colelge speaking tour · Element Skateboards · found of TOMS · GMA · new orleans · Shoe Drop · South Africa · the entrepreneur · The Entrepreneurs · top 10 · top ten top tens
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 [...]
Tags: blake mycoskie · GMA · Good Morning America · new orleans · New Orleans Shoe Drop · Shoe Drop · style your sole · volunteer
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. [...]
Tags: blake mycoskie · children · giving · giving first-hand · inspiration · intern · new orleans · New Orleans Shoe Drop · schools · shoes · toms shoes · volunteer
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?
Tags: Bunny Suit · chicago · Daisey · invisible children · Nashville · new orleans · odometer · San Diego · St. Louis · The Rescue · Vagabond Tour Spring 2009 · washington dc
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 [...]
Tags: get involved · giving · guest blogger · new orleans · shoes · volunteer · volunteering
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 [...]
Tags: children · give · KIPP · LA · new orleans · NOLA · Shoe Drop · style your sole · toms · toms shoes
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.
Sear [...]
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