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Crocs Cares and O, The Oprah Magazine Present 100 Women, 100 Shoes (Friday, January 25th, 2013)

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In June 2012  Crocs Cares partnered with O, The Oprah Magazine to inspire women to do good in their communities through the ‘100 Women, 100 Shoes’ contest.  O Magazine readers were encouraged to partner with 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations in their community and submit an idea for how they would use 100 pairs of shoes with [...]

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Community First Foundation -Aurora Relief Fund (Friday, August 24th, 2012)

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A check was presented in the amount of $559,400 to the Aurora Victim Relief Fund at Community First Foundation on August 22nd. Five dollars per pair of shoes sold online and at all Colorado stores during the week of July 23 was donated by Crocs to the Aurora Victim Relief Fund. The fundraising idea came [...]

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Shaq-A-Claus helps Boys and Girls Club (Friday, January 27th, 2012)

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November 14th, Crocs Cares(sm) partnered with The Boys and Girls Club and Shaquille O’Neal to celebrated ‘Shaq-A-Claus’

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9Cares Colorado Shares (Tuesday, November 15th, 2011)

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Through the Crocs Cares(sm) program, Crocs donates 1,000 pairs of shoes to Denver’s Volunteers of America through 9Cares Colorado Shares. The donation of shoes to Volunteers of America will go to children from the Denver area in Christmas Baskets. Watch the video at 9news Cares Colorado Shares.

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Crocs Builds with Habitat for Humanity (Monday, August 1st, 2011)

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Crocs employees partnered with Flatirons Habitat for Humanity for a build day in Lafayette, Colorado.  14 volunteers teamed up to frame the second story of a four unit Platinum LEEDS certified complex, which will provide affordable housing to hardworking and deserving families.

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Crocs Donates to Joplin, MO Tornado Victims (Thursday, July 28th, 2011)

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After raising $30,000 through consumer donations at retail locations, Crocs, inc. donated 5,000 pairs of shoes along with one truckload of food to the victims of the Joplin tornado in partnership with Feed the Children. Local organization Operation Compassion also helped to distribute the food and shoes to Joplin families.

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Boulder Store Anniversary & Community Clean Up (Tuesday, June 28th, 2011)

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Crocs employees celebrated the 1 year anniversary of the flagship retail store on Pearl Street in Boulder, CO with a community clean up day. Employees weeded, raked, and picked up trash in order to give back to the local community.

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Alabama Donation post Tornado (Wednesday, June 8th, 2011)

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May 6, 2010, Crocs and Feed The Children helped thousands of victims affected by the devastating tornados that swept through Alabama and throughout the South.

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Japan Relief (Wednesday, March 30th, 2011)

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Crocs donates 100,000 pairs of shoes for Japan relief efforts.

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Life Foundation - Georgia (Tuesday, March 1st, 2011)

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Life Foundation is dedicated to providing life enhancing activities and service to the community in the essential areas of education, wellness, leadership skills, and spiritual growth.

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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”).