"The sole purpose of the company is to give," said musician PJ Johnson.

What Johnson was talking about was TOMS Shoes, a nonprofit organization that donates a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair purchased.

Last Friday, Johnson performed with two other musicians from Nashville, Tenn., Tim Schurrer and Adam Agin, at the O'Connor Campus Center for a "Style your Sole" event benefiting TOMS Shoes.

"The event will help raise money for a shoe drop planned this summer in Ethiopia and in selected parts of the United States," said Courtney Walsh '10, co-president of the Colgate chapter of Amnesty International, which sponsored the event.