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My goal was to go back to Argentina, and give them all-all the shoes-away. Not just to give them away, but to place them on each child's foot.

Blake Mycoskie

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Blake Mycoskie
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: August 26
Entrepreneur
Texas
United States
Giving
Shoes
Children
Feet
Child
Goal
Away
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Argentina
Back
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