People often ask me what I consider my goal to be at TOMS. The truth is that it's changed over the years. When we first began, the goal was to create a for-profit company to help the children that I met in a small village in Argentina.
When I accept an invitation for a public speaking engagement, my purpose is to share the TOMS story and our giving mission. In no way do I believe this means I endorse every single aspect of that organization. That may be naive, and you may disagree, but it is my sincere belief.
I would never want to take TOMS or myself into an issues debate. That's not what we're about. We're about helping people.
When you're buying a pair of TOMS, if you don't feel like you're part of a community, then I've failed.
