Community Service

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Updated Feb. 18, 2010
See photos from yesterday's Style Your Soles parties here.
To see photos taken by FSC's Wayne Koehler, click here.
To see photos taken by Jordan Weiland, click here.
See the Ledger article here and the Ledger photo gallery here.
See the Florida Southern News story here.

26 sponsorships, raised over $5500.00 = TOMS Shoes for all children at Lake Wales Care Center, Lighthouse Ministries Inc. and Salvation Army PLUS additional 32 pairs of TOMS Shoes that will be split between the three shelters

THANK YOU:

- Gayle O’Brien and MidFlorida for your generosity!

- Mike Crawford, Laura Maben-Tenney and students at Florida Southern College, provided art supplies and student volunteers at Salavation Army and Lighthouse Ministries

- Hillary DeMeo and students at Southeastern University, provided art supplies and student volunteers at Lake Wales Care Center

- Carol Marsh and students at The Vanguard School, provided student volunteers at Lake Wales Care Center

- to our FPRA members for volunteering at Style Your Soles parties around the area!

On Wednesday, February 17 Blake Mycoskie (founder of TOMS Shoes) will be in Lakeland to help us kick off this wonderful Style Your Soles event. Here's the agenda for the day:

10 A.M. Blake will be at Florida Southern College's monthly convocation. Our very own Teresa O'Brien will also be speaking before Blake.

11:30 A.M. Don't forget about our monthly luncheon featuring Sweat Monkey's Scott Fore.

2:30 P.M. Lighthouse Ministries will host Style Your Soles party. Mayor Gow Fields will present Blake with a key to the city of Lakeland.

3:30 P.M. Style Your Soles parties at the Salvation Army in Lakeland and the Lake Wales Care Center.

The Dick Pope/Polk County Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) and Florida Southern College are partnering with Lighthouse Ministries, Inc., Salvation Army- Lakeland and Lake Wales Center to provide white, canvas TOMS Shoes to preschool and grade school children.

TOMS Shoes, Inc. was founded by Blake Mycoskie on a simple premise: With every pair you purchase, TOMS will give a pair of new shoes to a
child in need. By the end of 2009, TOMS will have given over 500,000 pairs of new shoes to children in need all around the world, including at
home in the U.S.

Blake has been profiled in People, The Oprah Magazine, Reader’s Digest, TIME, Vogue, US, In Style, Lucky and many other media outlets.
To learn more visit www.tomsshoes.com.

 The DP/PC Chapter’s anticipated goal is to provide TOMS shoes to children in the three Polk County shelters listed above and TOMS will provide
an additional pair to children in the U.S. or internationally. Most children in developing countries grow up barefoot and their primary mode of
transportation is walking thus, as is proven, more illnesses and infections are picked up by bare feet!

Blake will be speaking to Florida Southern College students on February 17, 2010 on the One for One business model and will be encouraging
young business entrepreneurs on How to do Good and Make Money at the Same Time. After speaking to FSC students, he will visit our local
shelters as children paint and decorate their new TOMS canvas shoes.

For more information in participating in this DP/PC Chapter Community Outreach, please contact Shirley Whitney at rwhitney1@tampabay.rr.com or Teresa O’Brien at teresa.obrien@polk-fl.net.

Download our letter and sponsorship forms.

Media Coverage

Ledger Article Published 1/12/2010