Spotlight: TOMS Campus Club
TOMS Campus Club is a club that brings awareness and support to TOMS Shoes, a retail company that operates with another non-profit company, Friends of TOMS, which gives shoes to people in need.
With every product sold, TOMS will donate a pair of shoes.
Senior marketing major, Aubrey Byers, who is also the president of the club, founded TOMS Campus Club at Georgia College. Byers was a sophmore when she started the club, and she was inspired by the company’s passion to help others.
The club is all about promoting TOMS Shoes and their “One for One” movement. Many students are supporters of the company, and that has reflected with the club’s results. There are no weekly meetings, but it is very easy to join the club and get involved. Students can join the club by adding the group on Facebook and by joining it on OrgSync.
Every year, TOMS Campus Club hosts a Style Your Sole event. The event raises awareness for TOMS Shoes. For the event, students purchase white canvas TOMS shoes through the club, and the club provides the essentials needed to decorate the shoes, like spray paint, markets, and other art supplies.
Students and faculty from the art department usually come to the event to help students decorate their shoes. Last year, the event was successful, and they were able to help 44 children in need. The event will be held on Oct. 21.
For more information about the TOMS Campus Club at GC, visit its Facebook page or check it out on OrgSync.
Posted by TaylorSeay
on Sep 22 2011. Filed under Features, Spotlight.
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