A Day WIthout Shoes

April 8th is "One Day without Shoes", an event sponsored by TOMS Shoes to bring awareness to the impact a pair of shoes can have on one child's life.  This is the first I have heard of it, but apparently it is the third annual.

Let's all do this!  Of course it would be easy if we were on a beach vacation that day or decided to spend the day at home.  But what happens if we have to go out?  You cannot enter a grocery store with out shoes and I am pretty sure your boss would concerned if you entered the status meeting sans footwear.  I guess it is ok to just go some of the day without shoes, so we can at least do that.

Now we don't want to embarrass ourselves so that means scheduling a trip to the pedicurist.  We should get those shops involved.  Saw for every pedicure, they donate $10 to the cause.  Or maybe if we really can't go barefoot, we could forego the pedicure and send the cash right to this organization.

Podoconiosis is a disfiguring disease that is caused by walking barefoot in volcanic soil.  I hate it when there is a pebble in my sandal.  We are (or at least I am) pretty well pampered that it is easy to forget how difficult some lives can be.  This is seems like a little effort that could go along way.