TOMS founder, Blake Mycoski at the TOMS Barefoot Walk For One Day Without Shoes in 2010. (Photo: Getty Images)
If you're wearing shoes today, it's time to take them off...
No, that doesn't mean you should go home from work, rest your worried feet and crawl back into your pajamas. It means it's TOMS Shoes annual One Day Without Shoes.
TOMS Shoes is a company that practices the one for one model. When you buy a pair of shoes, another pair is given to a child in need.
So now that you've taken off your shoes and picked the fuzz out from between your toes, we'll tell you why your going barefoot on April 5.
Today, thousands of people across the country are coming together to raise awareness about the children in developing countries that walk for miles without shoes increasing their risk of infection and disease. Also, many of these kids are not allowed to attend school unless they have shoes.
You can learn more about going barefoot here and while you're at it, nab a pair of TOMS to help a child in need. If you need some help sifting through the merchandise, here are our 5 favorites.
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