TOMS Shoes began inviting volunteers to travel along on its annual shoe drops in poor neighborhoods around the world. But the company was so inundated with requests for spots on these treks that founder Blake Mycoskie started TOMS Tours, a travel company offering monthly trips to places like Argentina, where 15 to 20 guests spend five days distributing shoes to villagers, then three days wine-tasting, hiking and touring in Buenos Aires. friendsoftoms.org
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