Leah and Travis, two TOMS employees, are spending this week in Argentina on their first Shoe Drop. A quick note from Leah,
“There was a big storm that last night, we enjoyed an amazing lightening show like only the southern hemisphere could perform. It was amazing.
Another photo from the Shoe Drop yesterday here. We’ve had to [...]
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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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Chad Muska thinks you should join TOMS + Element in South Africa.
Win a spot on the TOMS + Element Shoe + Board Drop this October! Deadline is August 15th, so sharpen your writing skills and submit your essay today!
click here to go to the application.
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All summer long, TOMS + Element have been running a contest that will ultimately provide 2 individuals the opportunity to embark on a unique and inspiring adventure: the Shoe + Board Drop in Durban, South Africa. The contest, open to US residents 18+, requires entrants to submit an essay or video that expresses their desire [...]
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TOMS: How did you first hear of TOMS?
LUCID: I first heard about TOMS from a sales rep. I was actually looking for another particular brand of shoes and found the rep for them. It turned out that brand was not available in my area as another store already carried them. The sales rep suggested TOMS [...]
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Yesterday I was honored to participate in something really inspiring. The White House just launched serve.gov, a place for people to find out about service projects in their communities and share stories about projects they’re already working on, and TOMS was part of the launch discussion. I can see this outlet being an awesome way [...]
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If anyone reading this has met my mom, they know she absolutely exudes compassion.
Whether it is her family, friends, golden retrievers, or the children she befriends on Shoe Drops, my mom holds nothing back when loving those in her life. And for this unique gift, I love her like no one else in my life.
Besides [...]
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Over the past three years year, TOMS has given close to 150,000 pairs of shoes to children in need around the world thanks to our caring customers. Because of you, we have been able to bring attention to the need for shoes to over 4% of the world’s population.
Since Ben Katz first purchased TOMS on [...]
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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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