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 first annual shoe drop volunteer reunion weekend
September 22nd, 2009 1 Comment
Tags: argentina · Shoe Drop · Shoe Drop volunteer · Shoe Drop volunteer reunion 2009 · South Africa · The Giving Side · TOMS HQ · volunteer
‘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 [...]
Tags: Shoe Drop · Shoe Drop volunteer · Shoe Drop volunteer reunion · The Giving Side · TOMS family · TOMS HQ · toms shoes · volunteer · volunteer reunion
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 [...]
Tags: argentina · employee · Shoe Drop · toms · volunteer
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
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 [...]
Tags: Durban · South Africa · sweepstakes · TOMS + Element · TOMS + Element Shoe + Board Drop · volunteer · winner
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
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.
Tags: Chad Muska · Durban · Element Skateboards · Shoe + Board Drop · Shoe Drop · South Africa · sweepstakes · toms · volunteer · win
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 [...]
Tags: obama · Obama administration · serve · Shoe Drop · Shoe Drop volunteer · The Giving Side · toms shoes · United We Serve · volunteer · volunteer project
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 [...]
Tags: birthday · birthday cake · change the world · ethiopia · facebook · first customer · get involved · giving · myspace · Shoe Drop · shoes · three · three years · timeline · toms shoes · volunteer · voluntourism · youtube
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
