good deeds ~ one day without shoes

tomorrow, april 5, toms shoes is challenging you {and anyone you can finagle into joining you}, to participate in one day without shoes.  every day millions of children go barefoot around the world, trekking long miles, and suffering injuries and infections which could be avoided with a simple pair of shoes. many of these children don't have access to
shoes, however, something which we greatly take for granted in the developed world.  

but wait, there's hope! toms shoes is working hard to bring free shoes to children of the world, and you can help!  in addition to purchasing toms shoes for yourself {which will provide one free pair of shoes to a child in need}, you can also join in the challenge to spend the entire day tomorrow {or however long you can, even 15 minute counts!} experiencing your daily routine... barefoot {gasp!}.

now i know what you're thinking - oh the horrors of running around town barefoot {trust me, i know how hard this sounds. my ocd is freaking out about this.}! i mean, what if you step on something sharp, get really dirty, or catch worms?  but i think that's exactly the point here.  people in impoverished areas have these exact same worries, only they can't do anything about it.

so why go without shoes?:

in addition to starting a conversation with co-workers, classmates, and neighbors, i think we here in the blogging community have an extra advantage of getting the word out to hundreds of people at a time.  so i highly 
encourage you to not only join the challenge, but to also share your experience 
sometime later in the week on your own blogs.  
if i can do it {panic attacks and all}, you can too!