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They\u2019re touring with their new album, The Walk, as well as promoting TOMS Shoes (for every pair sold, a pair goes to a child in need from Africa: one for one).<\/p>\n<p>But what got Hanson started on their passion for Africa? Zac took some time out of his day to talk to me a bit about the work their doing and their tour, which comes to Hamilton, December 3rd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were really inspired by some guys from Tulsa giving away medical technology,\u201d Zac said. \u201c[It] found us. We didn\u2019t chose Africa. We were making our album and it was just kind of put in front of us, these guys who were giving technology away.\u201d Wanting to learn more, the guys stopped recording their album to take a trip to South Africa. While they were there they recorded their newest single, Great Divide, with an orphanage children\u2019s choir. The chorus the children came up with, Ngi ne Themba, means \u201cI have hope.\u201d\u2014a powerful statement. All proceeds of Great Divide (available on iTunes) go to HIVSA, a hospital that supports people infected by AIDS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about putting what you have to work.\u201d And what Hanson has is music. When Hanson got back from Africa, their partnership with TOMS Shoes was created. TOMS founder, Blake Mycoskie, started a shoe company eighteen months ago based on the idea that he could make a difference by using what he had. He used shoes to make an actual difference instead of just creating awareness. He wanted to help people and figured that if he could make shoes, he could give shoes. Hanson\u2019s album the Walk and the idea behind TOMS just clicked.<\/p>\n<p>Before every show Hanson joins with their fans for a barefoot walk to push people to action concerning the issue of poverty. Shoes may seem like a little thing, but try walking a mile without them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWalking barefoot\u2026puts things in perspective. It\u2019s about walking to understand a need for maybe, like, twenty minutes of your life. I walked twenty minutes yesterday [in Kansas City] and my feet were freezing. Some days your feet are burning. After every walk my feet are raw and sore. [It makes you realize] the difference between what we think of as needing and what someone in poverty thinks of as needing. Shoes change the way you live your life.\u201d They\u2019re tools that help change their ability to access things such as education, employment, and health care.<\/p>\n<p>Zac stresses that now is the time to act. Young people don\u2019t have to wait until they\u2019re successful to make a difference. \u201cWe need to act because the last twenty-five years have been full of awareness campaigns. How do we find tangible actions to make an impact now? It\u2019s better to give something smaller now, because the problem gets bigger while you wait.\u201d He stressed the action of an individual. Something small done by one person turns into something big when joined by fifty thousand others.<\/p>\n<p>This is no longer the boy-band from 1997. They, and their music have gone deeper and pushed farther, and the plan for the future is to continue doing just that. They\u2019re exhausted right now between their work with TOMS, their tour, running their recording studio, and their families; but they realize how blessed they are to be able to make a difference through doing what they love. \u201cEven ten years ago when I got asked what I thought I\u2019d be doing in ten years, I knew what I wanted. I\u2019d be making music. As long as we still have fans we\u2019ll travel the world and keep releasing albums.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check out the Great Divide video at www.hanson.net or go and order a pair of shoes from www.tomsshoes.com. 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