Posts Tagged ‘United States’

Crocs, Inc. Awarded Ladies’ Home Journal ‘Do Good’ Stamp (Thursday, August 18th, 2011)

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“Crocs is recognized with the ‘Do Good’ stamp in the Lades’ Home Journal September 2011 issue, which highlights the work of Crocs Cares℠ in support of the health and wellbeing of children and their caregivers in financially depressed communities and those impacted by natural disasters. Since the launch of Crocs Cares℠ in 2007, Crocs, has donated close to three million pairs of shoes in more than 40 countries. Most recently, Crocs donated more than 100,000 pairs of shoes to Japan, in conjunction with Feed the Children, in the wake of this year’s devastating earthquake and resulting tsunami.”

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The Jason Kidd Foundation Lauches Partnership with KIPP DFW (Friday, March 11th, 2011)

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“The Jason Kidd Foundation also supports Northern Lights School, a nonprofit institution
providing high quality education to students who would not otherwise have the opportunity, in
Kidd’s hometown of Oakland, Ca. Additionally, Kidd’s personal sponsor, Crocs™ will donate a
pair of shoes to every student at both the KIPP DFW and Northern Lights School through the
Crocs CaresSM program.”

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Saints Greats Giving Back to the Community (Tuesday, December 7th, 2010)

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“We appreciate Crocs and the teamwork from the New Orleans Saints that helped make this distribution possible” said Tony Sellars, spokesperson for Feed The Children. “The need is great, especially at this time of year, and we are grateful for the opportunity to provide assistance to these students.”

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Local Non Profit Helps Over 450,000 School Aged Children Complete a Marathon (Monday, July 26th, 2010)

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“This fall KRA’s Final Mile Event is at Elitch Gardens on October 9th. Modeled after the Disney Marathon the course runs through the grounds of Elitch Gardens, with a Finisher Celebration Party at the finish line! Kids Running America has partnered up with Crocs Caressm to help encourage Colorado Kids to get and stay healthy. The KRA team that has the most participants completing this fall’s marathon program will each be given a pair of Crocs™ Shoes at the Final Mile Event. Kids Running America believes that physical education is very important to today’s youth. So, in that spirit, KRA is giving the Colorado school with the most runners $500 towards their P.E. department.”

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World Emergency Relief (WER) Distributing Croc Shoes and Sandals to 800 School Children at Camp Pendleton Elementary School (Friday, May 29th, 2009)

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“During these upcoming days as we remember our military who gave so much, we truly appreciate that Crocs, Inc. is willing to help us to help some unsung heroes we do not hear much about; the children of deploying marines.”

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Crocs, Inc. Launches Soles United The First-Of-Its-Kind Recycled Footwear Donation Program on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ (Thursday, January 31st, 2008)

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“We are excited to help improve the quality of life for millions of people around the world with a program that ties so closely to our business,” said Ron Snyder, CEO of Crocs, Inc. “Many people are unaware of the importance and need for quality footwear around the world. More than one billion people, or 1 in 6 people around the world, live on less than $1 a day according to The World Bank Group; through the SolesUnitedSM program, we can help these individuals. We are confident that our enthusiastic customer base will embrace this program by returning their Crocs™ shoes to propel the continual growth of donated shoes in the coming years.”

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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”).