TOMS & Hanson: Use Your Sole Tour

I know you all remember the band Hanson, the three blonde boys whose first single, Mmmbob, topped the charts in 1997. Since then, Hanson has continued to grow both in their music and their mission. The band has been an avid supporter of TOMS from the beginning, not only by wearing their shoes, but also by participating in South Africa shoe drops and raising money for Friends of TOMS by hosting one-mile barefoot walks before the start of each show. These walks are also helping to spread awareness of the lack of amenities such as shoes, clean water, education and healthcare available around the world and fund efforts to provide these necessities.

So far, Hanson and their devoted following have walked 28,201 miles, enough to walk around the world, and are well into their second lap. The third leg of their tour will be the Use Your Sole Tour with HelloGoodbye, which is scheduled to kick off in Hanson's hometown of Tulsa, Okla. on September 30 and finish up in San Diego on November 8.

During the Use Your Sole tour, Hanson and fellow tour mates HelloGoodbye, Steel Train & Sherwood will continue taking part in the one-mile walks before each show to benefit Friends of TOMS.

The tour dates closest to Athens, Ga. and UGA are October 22 at Amos' Southend in Charlotte, N.C., October 26 at Workplay Soundstage in Birmingham, Al., and October 28 at the Tabernacle in Atlanta. Tickets are $25 or $18.75 each for a four pack.

To learn more about Hanson's efforts and to locate a barefoot walk near you visit TaketheWalk.net.

Introducing new lace-up TOMS: Cordones.

Named after 19th century Argentine writers who stood up for their passions in the mid-nineteenth century, the TOMS Cordones are a new, trendy TOMS style that stays true to the original alpargata shape and offers fun, fall fashion rooted in giving.

Back on board

Hey all! It's been over a month since we last saw each other. Summer began, vacations were taken and now its time to get back into the swing of things.



Here are some new developments since the last post:

The wonderful TOMS at UGA PR team has graduated and are moving on to bigger and better things (a.k.a. real jobs and grad school) leaving the TOMS stuff to me, Rene', and the other UGA TOMS Campus Reps.

We're all working together with TOMS to start a TOMS Campus Club at UGA for Fall '09 to share the One for One mission on campus and help spread awareness of the change a pair of shoes can make in a child’s life. Anyone interested in joining the club or who wants to keep updated on new TOMS at UGA developments, email us at TOMSatUGA@gmail.com.

TOMS has released new summer styles, from palm tree & anchor prints to seersucker and new rope-soled styles. Check out TOMS' website and trade in those flip flops for TOMS.

"One Day Without Shoes" Montage

A recap of the "One Day Without Shoes" event at Brumby Beach. Thank you to everyone who participated! The day was a great success!