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Ido Leffler was shopping for school supplies with his two girls, and he was dismayed. When he was kid, getting school supplies was like going to a toy store — he relished picking out bright pens and colorful binders. Everything he saw in the aisle now was beige, and looked like it had been designed for an accountant, not a kid.toms schoenen online shop

Yoobi sends out its goods in "classroom packs" that contain 900 items, about enough to last a classroom of 30 with a year's worth of pens, pencils, folder, glue sticks crayons, markers and other must-haves. Not all the stuff for sale at Target is in the classroom pack — school kids need scissors and erasers more than they need push-pins.

Over the last few years, Smith has seen a "tremendous increase in need" from the teachers and administrators he works with, largely, he says, from the ripple effects of the recession. Five years ago, the number of children living in poverty in the U. S. was 13 million. Now that number has leaped to 16 million — or 22 percent of all children — according to the Census Bureau.toms shoes nederland

Kids in Need distributes supplies through regional "Resource Centers, " where teachers can "shop" for supplies free-of-charge. In order to qualify, teachers must work at schools in which 70 percent of their students are on free or reduced-price lunch programs. In many large cities in the U. S., like St. Paul and Minneapolis, schools in need have closer to 90 percent of students that now qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, he says.toms shoes sale womens

Brands like Toms Shoes, that promise to give a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair they sell, have established the "buy one, give one" model for the average consumer, and the beauty of it is in the simplicity of the concept, says Leffler. "What makes it work is that my daughter gets it — she can explain it to her friends and she's 5 years old. She's become a Yoobi storyteller, and it's amazing the sense of accomplishment she feels. "

Unlike other "buy one, give one" brands like Toms Shoes, or eyewear company Warby Parker, which are relatively upscale products, most Yoobi products retail for between $1 and $9 — no more than most of their competitors. "Our philosophy is that these should be things that everyone can afford, " says Leffler. "It's a guilt-free pricing model. toms glitters sale"