Top 10 of 2011: TOMS fan photos
Way below sea level, on the ground where we give, and on-site at some of the wonders of the world (ancient, modern, you name it…) with TOMS flags…
In formal attire, in costume, and down the aisle with TOMS on your feet…
Oh, and how can we forget? Without shoes too!
TOMS fans – how awesome are you guys!?!
Everyone who knows about TOMS has a TOMS story, so those of you who share them with us by posting to the TOMS Facebook page, tweeting @TOMS, or sharing your photos and text on the TOMS Community Wall – thank you. You make us laugh and cry and take a whole lot of pride in this movement. Keep doing what you’re doing, and we’ll continue to repost a bunch on our social media!
Did you know…each month we highlight our fan favorite photos on Facebook?! And now we’ll show you the best of the best from 2011…
Top 10 Fan Submissions of 2011
Basically the cutest photo we’ve ever seen of a child dressed up for Halloween as the old man from the movie “UP,” in Tiny TOMS shoes.
The TOMS Campus Club at California Polytechnic State University, where they revived their club and built a really strong presence on their campus in San Luis Obispo, California. Here they are with the TOMS window display that they coordinated in the campus bookstore.
TOMS fans Cooper and Julie sent this amazing video to announce their wedding to their family and friends…and they’re wearing TOMS shoes! The happy couple said, “Behind every great couple is a great story,” and we’re proud to be part of theirs.
At George Rogers Clark High School in Kentucky, the TOMS Campus Club conquered school involvement and began to get the larger community involved in the One for One movement. They’ve screened the TOMS documentary lots of times for different audiences, spoken at area schools to educate other students on the TOMS story, and visited another school to host a Style Your Sole event and content for the best-decorated TOMS shoes.
A student at Boston University, TOMS fan Hannah spent her summer reaching English and helping build sustainable community practices in Guatemala. Hannah took the one for One movement along by wearing TOMS shoes during her awesome journey because she “wanted to raise awareness for another great cause while I was abroad and in a position to educate others.” Thanks for taking TOMS!
Zach Welsh is a TOMS fan, a leader, and just a really great guy! Over at Lynn University in South Florida, he’s been working hard at sharing his passion for TOMS with other students and community members since he heard Blake speak on campus in 2010. His excitement seems almost contagious, as he tells our Campus team, “I used to not understand or relate to the expression ‘Wear your heart on your sleeve;’ however, now I like to think I wear my heart on my sole.”
Once again our friends at Ayden Gallery in Canada pulled through with a rad TOMS event, this time at the Live at Squamish Festival in British Columbia this past August. Together, we manned an “Art Your Sole” booth with 10 amazing artists working on TOMS shoes. Set in a big field with great, live music, we had so much fun with the TOMS fans that stopped in!
This was certainly one of the Customer Service team’s best! They got a letter in the mail from Lilly, age 5, who wanted to share her love for her new TOMS shoes! She told them she wears her TOMS everywhere, which her mom says is “inappropriate, but she doesn't know fashion like I do...” You can find the rest of her hilarious and adorable letter here: http://toms.sh/s1MgN7
At the Hockaday School in Dallas, Texas, almost 1,200 people (faculty + students) went without shoes at a special One Day Without Shoes assembly on April 5, 2011!
We got wind of TOMS fan George’s story through a past TOMS intern, who is now working to start something that matters with him. Their organization protects and promotes the human right to water by drilling for wells in Africa and promoting on-site hygiene, sanitation and human rights education to communities. We were thrilled to see he brought his TOMS along. He told us, “I see TOMS all the time in L.A., but you might be surprised to know how common they are among expatriates who work in places like Juba (the capital of South Sudan)!”
