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Tennessee Commerce Bank and Crocs Cares™ Invite the Community to Help Purchase Crocs for Troops in Afghanistan (Monday, August 2nd, 2010)

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“Giving back is a strong part of the Croc’s culture and the Crocs Cares™ program allows Crocs to support others in need. The company is pleased to announce a donation of 200 pairs of Crocs shoes to Tennessee Commerce Bank that will go to the troops. In addition, Crocs has offered to match any amount of shoes that the community donates up to another 200 pairs” said Melissa Koester, program manager of Crocs Cares™. The company is headquartered in Longmont, Colorado.”

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many children cannot

go to school without the basic necessity such as a pair of shoes.

in ethiopia, one million people

suffer from a disease caused by walking barefoot in volcanic soil [...] (globalshift.org)

millions of people

around the world cannot afford basic necessities such as a pair of shoes.

more than 300 million people

live on less than $1 a day (”globalissues.org”).

2.6 billion people

in the world lack basic sanitation (”globalissues.org”).

some 1.1 billion people

in developing countries have inadequate access to water (”globalissues.org”).

nearly a billion people

entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names (”globalissues.org”).

over 1.4 billion people

globally live on less than $1.25 per day (”Worldbank.org”).

35.9 million people

live below the poverty line in America, including 12.9 million children (”soundvision.com”).

1.7 billion people

live in poverty globally (”Wikipedia.org”).