Special-edition, Congolese-inspired TOMS Shoes
We're teaming up with Giving Partner Eastern Congo Initiative (ECI), an advocacy and grant-making organization founded by Ben Affleck, on two Congolese-inspired designs with an additional give. Read More >>
TOMS x charity: water - An Eyewer collaboration
TOMS and charity: water, an organization founded in 2006 (like TOMS!) that’s dedicated to to helping bring clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations, join forces for the first-ever TOMS Eyewear collab! Read More >>
Giving TOMS Shoes in the DRC
Founded by Ben Affleck in 2010, ECI is an advocacy and grant-making organization that works with and for the people of DRC, the third most populous country in Africa, and one that struggled under a cycle of violence for nearly 20 years – particularly in the east. Read More >>
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Start Something That Matters: Headbands of Hope
Start Something that Matters, a book by TOMS Chief Shoe Giver, Blake Mycoskie, challenges readers to make a positive change in the world and start a project that matters to them. Whether it is a unique business idea with a giving element or a school assignment to improve the community, each project contributes to making a difference. We’ve received many stories from likeminded individuals that have been inspired to start something that matters. Read on to discover the story of Jessica Ekstrom, who’s helping young girls regain their self-confidence with Headbands of Hope.
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Start Something that Matters - Givebones
Start Something that Matters, a book by TOMS chief shoe giver, Blake Mycoskie, challenges readers to make a positive change in the world and start a project that matters to them. We’ve received many stories from likeminded individuals that have been inspired to start something that matters.
This one’s about Tricia Andrews and her One for One company, Givebones. After her husband Blake, a long-time TOMS employee on the Sales team, returned from a TOMS Giving Trip in Central America, Tricia had a “lightbulb” moment.
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Start Something that Matters - Pacha Soap Company
Start Something that Matters, a book by TOMS Chief Shoe Giver, Blake Mycoskie, challenges readers to make a positive change in the world and start a project that matters to them. Whether it is a unique business idea with a giving element or a school assignment to improve the community, each project contributes to making a difference. We’ve received many stories from likeminded individuals that have been inspired to start something that matters.
Soap, a basic essential for proper hygiene, is not always easily accessible in many parts of the world. Two years ago, Andrew spent a semester in Peru where he lived and worked in a small village. It was there that he saw the need for basic hygiene.
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Start Something That Matters Foundation
Underscoring his commitment to make a positive impact on the world through social entrepreneurship, the founder and chief shoe giver of TOMS, Blake Mycoskie, has established the Start Something That Matters Foundation. As a central part of the Foundation, a dedicated fund has been set up that will find Mycoskie donating 100 percent of the profits of his #1 New York Times best-selling book, Start Something That Matters (Spiegel & Grau), to social entrepreneurs and students around the world. The first three recipient organizations of the new fund are the Dell Social Innovation Challenge (DSIC), Echoing Green and GOOD.is.
Read stories from those who have been inspired to start something that matters here on the TOMS Blog: http://toms.sh/TOMSsstm
Watch a video message from Blake about the Start Something That Matters fund by visiting his new website: http://www.startsomethingthatmatters.com
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Start Something that Matters - Cause DC
Start Something that Matters, a book by TOMS Chief Shoe Giver, Blake Mycoskie, challenges readers to make a positive change in the world and start a project that matters to them. Whether it is a unique business idea with a giving element or a school assignment to improve the community, each project contributes to making a difference. We’ve received many stories from like-minded individuals that have been inspired to start something that matters. Here’s one from two guys in Washington D.C. who coined the term “philanthropub,” and are bringing it to life..
