Garett is an enthusiastic part of our Retail Marketing team and you can always count on him for an exclamation of “AMAZING!!!!!!!!!”. Read his personal bio on our Author page.
I recently went on a Shoe Drop to South Africa and my eyes were opened to the impact that a pair of shoes makes on [...]

In October, Blake agreed to let 9 of us (that’s a lot of employees for a small company!) leave Santa Monica for more than a week to hand place shoes and pass out skateboards on the TOMS + Element Shoe + Board Drop in Durban, South Africa.
After your first year at TOMS, you’re given the [...]

Lucky day number 7 of the TOMS Top Ten Top 10 lists delivers the best Shoe Drop moments of 2009. From happy kids, to happy volunteers, hand placing a matched pair of TOMS on a child’s foot is a very special experience and our friends and photographers have captured some really amazing moments.
On a side [...]

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 [...]

Argentina is where it all began. You’ve seen the YouTube videos, the documentary, and countless photos. We LOVE Argentina.
The majority of our volunteer Shoe Drops have taken place there and I was fortunate to have been a part of one in March, 2008 with an amazing group of people. I called them our Guinea Pigs [...]

Its been over a month since 10 of us HQ employees were on the other side of the world, on our hands and knees giving shoes to children. Six weeks ago we woke up every morning with a feeling of uneasy excitement: unsure of what the day ahead would hold, unsure of how we would [...]

We know that TOMS has the most loyal and generous supporters around, and now we want to prove it to America! Help us win $50,000 for Friends of TOMS to go on more TOMS Shoe Drops and fight Podo.
We have until November 6th to show everyone how incredible TOMS supporters are and all it takes [...]

Friends,
As I wait to board my flight back home after 16 days in Africa, I am consumed with emotions, children’s faces, funny memories and visions of the future. I am alone right now, but feel deeply connected to each of the volunteers, camera men and women and friends who I spent my time with the [...]

The Friends of TOMS team at TOMS headquarters had a blast with our 50+ Shoe Drop Volunteers for the annual Shoe Drop Reunion. What a great weekend with so many wonderful people!
The opening night started the weekend off with a bang. We screen printed custom Shoe Drop t-shirts with maps of Shoe Drop locations, parachutes, [...]

The Friends of TOMS team at the TOMS headquarters has been very busy preparing for the arrival of 50+ Shoe Drop Volunteers for the annual Shoe Drop Volunteer Reunion. Past volunteers are flying in from all around the globe to join us, and we can’t wait to re-connect with these passionate members of our TOMS [...]