Saturday, October 24, 2009

Friends of TOMS + America's Giving Challenge

Friends of TOMS has a chance to win $50,000 through its first-ever fundraising effort and we need your support! Think how many Shoe Drops that could support and how much nearer we could get to our goal of eradicating Podoconiosis.

Here's how it works: from now until November 6th, participating non-profits in America's Giving Challenge will compete for cash awards based on the number of donations made to their cause.

We're excited about this challenge, but we need your help. You can help by donating something - anything - even as little as $10. And just as important, you can help by telling your friends and spreading the word. We need your help EVERY DAY of this contest.

Let's all help Friends of TOMS win $50,000. We can do this!

To learn more visit:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/tomsshoes?v=app_17037175766

To donate to Friends of TOMS visit its Causes page:
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/1661/14011797?m=e2d9b80d&_fb_fromhash=b49e5b72778bdad44f49b8dcd9572434

Monday, October 19, 2009

TOMS at UGA Fall Semester Calender

Hey TOMS at UGA fans! Here is a list of all the meetings and events for the upcoming semester:

Wednesday, October 21st:
TOMS Club meeting in the SLC room 268.

Thursday, October 22nd:
We will have a TOMS table at Tate Plaza to pass out fliers, a $5 promo code, and spread the word about TOMS! We will also be promoting our free documentary screening! We need volunteers to come in and help!

Monday, October 26th:
Free viewing of the For Tomorrow: The TOMS shoes story from 7-8pm in the Tate Theatre! It is a blue card event and the documentary is awesome and very moving. Recruit as many people as possible to come see it! If you are greek, talk to someone to see if people could get community service hours for coming to the screening instead of going to chapter.

The more people the better, so SPREAD THE WORD!

Wednesday, October 28th:
HANSON and HelloGoodbye Use Your Sole Tour at the Tabernacle in Atlanta! Get your tickets now and Take the Walk before the show!

No club meeting this Wednesday.

Tuesday, November 3rd:
The Kick-off Your Shoes concert at Tasty World! This should be a really fun event! So far, we have Laminated Cat, Allison Weiss, and Josh Perkins Experiment in Southern Hospitality. We are also working on one more band. The bands will begin arriving at Tasty World at 8pm and they start playing at 10pm. Start telling your friends to write it on their calendars.

Wednesday, November 4th:
TOMS Club meeting in the Journalism room 509.

Thursday, November 5th:
We will be participating in the eCampusWIDE Philanthropies Gone Wild event! During the day there will be a scavenger hunt that has a prize potential of $600 for our club. At night there is a party with many more opportunities to promote TOMS, as well as receive drink specials downtown!

If you haven't, please go to eCampusWIDE UGA's new social networking site and sign up with referral code TOMS to help support our club.

Wednesday, November 11th:
TOMS Club meeting in the SLC room 268.

Saturday, November 14th:
TOMS Tailgate Party! We have reserved a spot at Herty Field from 12-4 for the tailgate! We are going to have food, drinks, games, music, and a Style Your Sole Event. Not to mention some awesome TOMSatUGA Koozies!! Yay! It's going to be tons of fun!

Wednesday, November 18th:
TOMS Club meeting in the Journalism room 509.

Wednesday, December 2nd:
TOMS Club meeting in the SLC room 268. Last meeting of the semester, I'm thinking TOMS Christmas party?

Hope to see you guys at all the fun events for the semester!! Check the blog regularly for any additional updates!

- Rene'

Monday, October 5, 2009

TOMS Flag Football Tees

Team name: Tacklers for TOMS

This Saturday, TOMS at UGA will be participating in the AXO Flag Football Tournament. Today, while the boys practiced their plays, the girls made team jerseys.








Open Club Meeting This Wednesday

Hey guys,

All prospective members are welcome to join the newly created TOMS at UGA Campus Club for an open club meeting this Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 8 p.m. in the Journalism building, room 509.

We will be talking about TOMS, going over the events planned for the semester and welcome any ideas and help promoting the TOMS Club and its events.

Look forward to seeing you all there!

Rene

Sunday, October 4, 2009

TOMS Around Town

Athens has spotted another TOMS Supporter!

On Sunday, October 4th, American Eagle shopper, Vaille Hurt came into the store sporting TOMS Shoes. Vaille is an 8th grade student at Malcom Bridge Middle School in Bogart, Georgia, and when asked why she loves TOMS, she responded, "I love TOMS because they work for a great cause to help children that don't have it as great as we do."

Would you like to be featured in our next TOMS Around Town update? Just wear your TOMS and get spotted by a UGA TOMS Shoes Campus Rep, and you may be the next face of the TOMS Around Town update.






Friday, October 2, 2009

Why shoes?

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pc: TOMS Shoes.