It amazing what can happen when you actually SEE the world. Former “Amazing Race” contestant, Blake Mycoskie, discovered this as he was traveling through Argentina. After witnessing the countless amounts of children without shoes in all of the villages plagued with poverty, he came up with the simple idea that is TOMSHOES. For every pair of shoes bought, a pair will be given to one of these children. Check out the video below to get a better idea.
Sometimes it seems that nothing would make a difference to communities like this. What Mycoskie has proven is that even the most simple of ideas can make a WORLD of difference. You just have to get off your butt and act on them. Thank you Blake for answering that age-old excuse, I mean question “What can I do about it?”
Please visit TomShoes.com to get their full story of just how much they’re making a difference.
Well, we’ve been talking about doing it for about a year and have just never got around to it. That is, until today. No vacations, no yard work, no birthday parties, no lazy, Saturday sleep-ins. No Excuses. Just good old family fun. Spending a Saturday with a bunch of addicts.
That’s right, it’s confession time. But, first, a little background.
I was introduced to Third Day, here in Charlotte, at a festival at Carowinds. Not at all a big Christian music follower, I was blown away by there powerful performance and immediately bought their newest CD the next day. “Offerings.” Yeah, this happened a few years ago. Over the next few weeks I kept jamming to “Consuming fire” over and over again. Christian music isn’t supposed to be this good. I also listened a lot to their version of “Angus Dei” – a great church song – and “Thief” – about as unique a song as they come. Then I was unexpectedly broadsided.