Donate Some Socks, Do Some Good
Sometimes a charity comes along that started with a truly inspirational story, such as Hannah’s Socks. During Thanksgiving 2004, four-year-old Hannah Turner in Toledo, Ohio helped her mother Doris serve food at a local homeless shelter. While there, she saw a man with holes in his shoes and no socks. Hannah asked her mom if she could offer the man her own socks. The next day, Hannah’s mom took her to purchase and distribute socks to local shelters. They collected and donated over 100 pairs of socks around Toledo.
Over the next two years, with the help of her Mom, family, and friends, Hannah distributed nearly 10,000 pairs of socks to shelters. Since then, Hannah’s Socks has collected more than 100,000 pairs of socks for homeless and domestic violence shelters. Now, the organization has kicked off the Hannah’s Socks Holiday Sock Drive, to collect socks and funds for this year’s upcoming winter and holiday season.
Inspired by Hannah’s story, The Clorox Company became a sponsor of Hannah’s Socks this season as Hannah’s Socks strives to gather and donate 10,000 pairs of new socks to underprivileged children’s programs as well as homeless and domestic violence shelters. What a great opportunity to teach our kids that you can do something simple and make a difference for others.
I participate in some projects and campaigns with Mom Central, a web resource dedicated to providing busy moms with smart household and parenting solutions. Mom Central is hoping to spread the word about Hannah’s Socks and the Holiday Sock Drive. You can learn more about this effort at www.hannahssocks.org and you can help spread the word on Twitter with Tweets about Hannah’s Socks by using the hashtag #HannahsSocks. Of course, you can follow the charity on Facebook at www.facebook.com/hannahssocks and on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/hannahssocks
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