The last two year have provided Tom?s Shoes, a company best know for shoe drops in foreign countries, opportunities to hold shoes drops in its own country, the USA. Tom?s Shoes welcomed this chance to help its own community.
Tom?s Shoes was started in 2006 by Blake Mycoskie who wanted to show he could start a philanthropic company while also turning a profit. The idea came to him after visiting Argentina where he befriended local children and learned that they had no shoes. Thus the famous Tom?s Shoes one-for-one motto was born.
Soon Mycoskie realized that even though poverty in the United States didn?t always mean no shoes there is still a great need for children to have shoes that fit and are not warn out. So after 2 years of shoe drops in other countries Tom?s Shoes decided it was about time to have one on its own turf. They got to show the community what the one-for-one motto was really all about.
Tom?s Shoe headed to New Orleans this year to along with 33 volunteers. They were all excited to have the opportunity to give away over 2,000 pairs of shoes to students in 5 schools in the surrounding New Orleans area.
Not only did Tom?s Shoes provide kids with proper fitting shoes, but they also provided them with a creative outlet. When Tom?s Shoes delivers their blank canvas shoes to kids in need they bring markers for the children to decorate their shoes, making them unique and giving meaning to the shoes. Many of the children claimed personalizing their shoes was the best part of they day (other than getting their own pair of Tom?s Shoes of course).
Blake Mycoskie started Tom?s shoes in hopes of helping better the world, but now he has also found a way to help his community. You can help his mission by taking part in Tom?s Shoes one-for-one motto. For every pair sold a pair goes to a child in need, what an awesome way to help the community.
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