*CAVEAT!!!!!! –> Stephanie got the Tekstyles BBOYS to barefoot breakdance. But the awesome walk was totally organized by Matt (who i don’t know. but did a great job of getting people excited about One Day Without Shoes)!!
What I did on my One Day Without Shoes
I went barefoot all day until dinner, when I went to eat in a restaurant and had to wear some shoes.
I spent most of the day at school studying. The whole time I walked around, I kept thinking about how dirty the ground was – and how on campus it was less dirty than it probably was elsewhere, even anywhere else in the world.
barefoot lunch
Around lunchtime, I headed out to Skiles Walkway, where many students pass through on their way to the student center or the library. A lot of student organizations set up post here to pass out fliers or have information tables. I ran into Matt, a GT student who had organized a barefoot walk and ended up joining them later that afternoon. Tekstyles, Georgia Tech’s own bboy crew, was also out on Skiles advertising, and a few of us did some barefoot breakdancing to support
One Day Without Shoes, and TOMS! 
bboy breakdancing barefoot
showin off some mad skills
steph showing off her breakdancing skills for TOMS
more barefoot breakdancing
Matt’s Barefoot Walk
Later that afternoon, after studying a few hours in my bare feet I went to meet up with the Barefoot Walk group. Matt did a great job chalking the sidewalks and recruiting people to join him on his walk, and also giving a brief talk on what One Day Without Shoes was about. The walk went around one section of campus from the library and ended at the student center – where Matt and his band The Natural played the first set barefoot for the GT Battle of the Bands. The Battle of the
Bands was a benefit concert – where purchased raffle ticket money was put towards a cause – that night, the supported cause was Friends of TOMS.
steph with Matt and a friend promoting the barefoot walk
chalking for TOMS
getting everyone barefoot, excited, and ready to walk!
walking…
more barefoot walking
Matt’s band getting ready to compete in Battle of the Bands – barefoot
rockin it out barefoot!
For dinner, a friend and I dined at Mojito, a Cuban restaurant in the North Atlanta vicinity. I shared with our server about One Day Without Shoes and what TOMS does, and she was really interested in the concept. She shared that when she spent time in Egypt, she noticed the scarcity of shoes in the area she stayed. Many people would offer ”top dollar” for even her raggedy old shoes, and most did without shoes. It was neat to hear a story from someone who had spent time in
one of the areas that can be impacted by TOMS and what they do.
My feet were quite sore and dirty after the day was done, and I know that this one day without shoes was but a little taste of what most people go through for most of their lives.
