The Toms Shoes Company

Although some people may think that the company Toms Shoes is an organization that is logistically impossible to manage, Toms Shoes is a company that does what it says and is one of the most philanthropic companies. Imagine a company that is a complete one for one. Where whenever some buys a pair of shoes or buys a pair of sunglasses, someone in another place or someone living in poverty received the same or better thing for charity. That is exactly what Toms Shoes does and is why the company is such a huge success and is so popular. Toms Shoes has made enormous impact on raising the bar for morality in our world. This company is so successful in how they give to others, its humble beginnings, and the impact Toms has on the workers making …show more content…
Before Toms, the founder, Blake Mycoskie, was a regular man from Texas who was a natural entrepreneur and started five other companies. He was successful in a laundering business that he later sold. The difference in him was that he is passionate about the new generation and its capability to make the world a better place. In creating this new company, Blake did many things differently. The start of the company had a different and unusual start when compared to other companies. It all started during a trip to Argentina in 2006. Blake saw how hard it was for children growing up without any shoes. This inspired him to create a company that revolutionized the way people gave. It’s amazing how a company could come out of nothing, but this idea was still in the growing stage before it really blew up. This quote shows that there would have been no way Toms would have made it without some help,” Toms welcomes the opportunity to join force with incredible organizations around the world, whose integrated approaches across health, education and other service sector allows us to provide a valuable link through Toms Giving.” Within five years Toms was able to start giving shoes with every purchase and expanded the company to more than just shoes. In 2011 he released a book to inspire people to make their dreams own become reality. Although some people may think that Toms is …show more content…
Toms has created over 700 jobs for people in poverty by having workers produce the shoes or harvest different products such as beans. Toms finds many ways to give back to the workers families and their community by giving them things and abilities that are essential to life in where they live. “You buy Toms Roasting Co. A Community Gets Safe Water; your purchase enables us to support farmers and communities that need improved access to safe water.” This means that the same people working for Toms are benefiting their own community. The people that Toms sources its coffee beans from are the regions that are getting a safer access to safe water to drink and bathe in. As well as helping the community, the people are getting paid for the work they do. Farmers are guaranteed the best prices for their crafts and products. The employees are getting what they deserve for pay and help them with their individual lives. There is also equality in that Toms provides equal jobs for the males and females in the community. There is fairness so that there is a balance between males and females to be able to have a job and get paid. Although some people may object to have other countries create the products, having other create the shoes and harvest beans and other products creates jobs, pays families, and gives the whole communities benefits. Toms has raised the bar of morality