Toms Shoes are shoes that support an amazing cause. For every pair of Toms Shoes sold they send a pair of shoes to a child in need. Since 2006, they have given 10,000 pairs to children in Argentina and 50,000 pairs in South Africa. This year they plan on giving at least 200,000 pairs of shoes to impoverished children around the world. Above you can see an actual shoe drop in Argentina back in 2006. This company is sincere in their cause. They are really trying to do something meaningful here that helps those in need.
It’s stuff like this that really pulls at my heart strings. Some people talk, others do. It’s wonderful to see someone doing something like this not because they have to but because they can. It’s the right way to conduct a business and it should stand as a real inspiration.
The Tap Project is the type of project that can really help the less fortunate, and the kind of charity that I think should be a year round fundraiser for EVERY restaurant. Not just a handful of days in March and not just at a select group of eateries.
But that said, the Tap Project is a brilliant idea, and every restaurant taking part in project deserves a shout out.
What is the Tap Project you ask? According to their site, it’s “a campaign that celebrates the clean and accessible drinking water available as an every day privilege to millions, while helping UNICEF provide safe drinking water for children around the world. Beginning Sunday, March 16 and culminating on March 22, the United Nations World Water Day, restaurants will invite their customers to pay $1 for the tap water they normally get for free.”
For every dollar raised, a child will have clean drinking water for 40 days.
$1. That’s it. That’s all it takes. If you go out to eat between March 16 - 22, ask if the restaurant you’re dining at is taking part in the Tap Project, or ask why they’re not.
If you’d like to specifically visit a restaurant taking part in this, visit the restaurant section of tapproject.org to search for a participating restaurant near you.
If you would just like to donate or want any other information, tapproject.org’s got you covered.
08/29 McCAIN AND PALIN McCain has nominated his running mate for the Republican ticket and I would say it is safe to say that most of us have never heard of Sarah Palin before.
08/28 DUMBER THAN W Is McCain really even dumber than George W. Bush? Hmm.
08/27 YOU GOTTA BE HOT To work the sales floor at your local Abercrombie and Fitch. Otherwise you’ll be folding clothes in the stockroom. Who could ever have guessed?
08/25 1 MAN VS THE IRS A lone accountant takes on Big Brother (the IRS) and wins one for the rest of us.
08/24 OBAMA AND BIDEN Presidential candidate Barack Obama finally announced who his running mate will be for Vice President. It will be Delaware Senator, Joe Biden.
