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"I know Lauren has been filling you in on some of the new hotties to emerge from Sundance, but here&amp;amp;#8217;s one who&amp;amp;#8217;s definitely representin&amp;amp;#8217; for the fashion world. Slaves to Fashion, please meet Blake Mycoskie: Blake is the founder of Toms Shoes&amp;amp;nbsp; a.k.a. Shoes for Tomorrow, a company that donates a pair of canvas shoes to a needy child in the Third World for each purchase you or I make. There are so many things that rad about this: 1) It&amp;amp;#8217;s an amazing cause, duh. 2) Blake was once a contestant on The Amazing Race&amp;amp;#8212;and he competed with his sister (aw!). 3) In addition to the fact that Blake himself is hot, so are the guys who work for him. Check out this pic of me with marketing guy, Brad Otts, both in our striped Toms. Sorry girls, Brad is married and a proud daddy. 4) The shoes themselves. They are comfy, they are canvas, they only cost like 30 bucks, and they look darn cool with jeans. 5) Tiny Toms, the children&amp;amp;#8217;s line. For babies that I don&amp;amp;#8217;t have yet&amp;amp;#8212;adorable! (JD of Storked! already has a pair, of course!) Seriously, the Toms mission is really incredible. So I was also psyched to learn that Crocs has launched a similar initiative. I know I&amp;amp;#8217;ve said some unfavorable things about Crocs before, but if this weren&amp;amp;#8217;t enough to change my mind, I really liked the way my BF&amp;amp;#8217;s brother rocked &amp;amp;#8216;em next to his mom&amp;amp;#8217;s fireplace last weekend (C., are you reading this? Please forgive me for criticizing your choice of footwear!) Anyway, Crocs new SolesUnited program has teamed up with none other than Madonna to donate shoes to orphans in Malawi and Zimbabwe. In 2008, their goal is to give out a staggering 2 million pairs of recycled Crocs. While it&amp;amp;#8217;s slightly bizarre to imagine 2 million more people in bright plastic shoes, their do-gooder campaign cannot be faulted. Seriously, people, count your blessings if you, and your children, have shoes on your feet! Meantime, please buy a pair of Toms or Crocs and support these great companies in bringing hope and making the world a better place. Also, I&amp;amp;#8217;m curious have you guys met or heard of anyone else that is making a difference lately, even in your own backyard? Do share! &amp;amp;#8212;Jenny"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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