Via Element Eden Advocate Amy Purdy’s Blog:

After a good two-day rest we packed the bus up early and headed four hours back through Durban to Umlazi for our next shoe drop at the Saphinda Primary School. As we walked into the school chills ran up our spines realizing we were walking into the middle of 1,000 singing school children. We stood in the center of the schoolyard with the children circled all around us. I don’t think I have ever felt goosebumps like that before; I was overwhelmed by emotion and love and had to wipe the tears from my cheeks. That day we fit hundreds of kids with their new TOMS shoes, we watched as they danced for us and at the end we were served an amazing lunch that was cooked by all of the teachers. This was a good day, I still am shocked I’m here, doing what we are doing. I’m so grateful to be a part of a company that has the resources to make a difference!