By Susan Heim
In Toledo, Ohio, on Thanksgiving Day in 2004, four-year-old Hannah Turner helped her mom, Doris, serve food at a local homeless shelter. She saw a man with holes in his shoes and no socks, and she asked her mom if she could offer the man her own socks. The next day, Hannah’s mom took her to buy more socks and distribute them to local shelters. That year, they collected and donated more than 100 pairs of socks in the area. Over the next two years, Hannah distributed nearly 10,000 pairs of socks to shelters with the help of her mother, family and friends. Since then, Hannah’s Socks has collected more than 100,000 pairs of socks for homeless and domestic violence shelters.
The annual Hannah’s Socks Holiday Sock Drive has just been launched this year, with The Clorox Company as its sponsor. Their goal is to gather and donate 10,000 pairs of new socks to underprivileged children’s programs, as well as homeless and domestic violence shelters.
Wouldn’t this be a wonderful project for your family to adopt this holiday season? It would be a simple but powerful way to teach your children about giving to those in need. Your efforts can take many forms:
- Donate socks
- Host a drop box/sock drive
- Donate funds
- Volunteer to sort and distribute socks
- Spread the word via Facebook, Twitter and word of mouth!
Visit http://www.hannahssocks.org/ to learn more about how your family can join the Hannah’s Socks Holiday Sock Drive this year!
Twitter: www.twitter.com/hannahssocks (tweet using the hashtag #HannahsSocks)
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hannahssocks
"P.S. Thanks to Mom Central for sharing this terrific cause with me!" -Susan Heim
Thanks to Susan Heim (Twitter @ParentingAuthor) for sharing this information!
