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the first annual shoe drop volunteer reunion weekend

September 22nd, 2009 1 Comment

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, [...]

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‘09 shoe drop volunteer reunion

September 18th, 2009 No Comments

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 [...]

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update from argentina

September 8th, 2009 No Comments

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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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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the winners have been chosen

September 1st, 2009 1 Comment

If you thought writing your essay submission for the TOMS + Element Shoe Drop sweepstakes was tough, imagine the pressure we have faced over the past weeks combing through amazing entry after amazing entry… after amazing entry. If there was any way we could swing taking 1,200 people on the Shoe + Board Drop in [...]

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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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south africa sweeps still open

August 10th, 2009 No Comments

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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united we serve

June 18th, 2009 No Comments

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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happy birthday, TOMS – 3 years today!

May 5th, 2009 No Comments

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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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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