Toms Shoes

Blake Mycoskie, Toms founder, Amazing Race participant and Texan, founded a non-profit company in which for every shoe purchased, one is donated to children in need.

Blake says, "While traveling in Argentina a few years ago, I met barefoot children who were struggling just to get through their daily lives. I desperately wanted to give them shoes for a better tomorrow, which led to the creation of TOMS. Since that time you -- the TOMS community -- have given away over 400,000 pairs of shoes to children around the world through our giving partners.

I couldn't have imagined that one simple idea -- all children deserving shoes -- would create such an astonishing movement. Thank you for embracing this dream and helping to create the TOMS community we have today."

For Christmas, I bought a pair of Toms Shoes. It was gratifying to know that with the money spent to buy a new pair of shoes, another was sent to a child in need.

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