“when you have tomsitis, every time you see a child you want to give them a pair of shoes.” –Blake Mycoskie, founder of Tom’s Shoes
what a ridiculously simple idea….for every pair of shoes bought, a pair is given to a child in need.
check out the 2 minute promo video.
awesome. my wife, c.c., has already picked out a pair for her and a pair for darby. i’m wondering if i can pull off the striped ones.
we need more creativity and initiative like this in the kingdom. bravo, blake!
(ht: jon mcclarnon)
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July 17, 2007 at 10:04 pm
bluedevildad
Crash, Blake was a guest at 722 a while back - see if you can find it - they did an interview with him and then challenged everyone that night to leave their shoes on the stage (which they donated to a mission in Atlanta), then encouraged people to buy a pair before they left (which resulted in another kid around the world getting a free pair)
July 18, 2007 at 8:18 am
onelouder
cool, i’ll check it out. i thought the name sounded familiar. apparently blake was also a presenter at the Q conference, those talks now being published through the fermi project (www.fermiproject.com). i splurged for the $59 per year subscription. it’s been good content so far. two videos and an essay every month.