O Magazine and The Joy of Sox
O Magazine published a small blurb about Tom Costello Jr and The Joy of Sox. This is so cool – December 2012 issue, page 42 on the bottom. I do not have a link to the article yet, but here’s the story. “HEART AND SOLE – Helping the homeless get off on the right foot. […]
St. Martin’s Episcopal Church invites The Joy of Sox to talk during services
Rev. Chris Bishop, Pastor of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Radnor, PA had these nice words to say about Tom and The Joy of Sox. “Today I had one of those spine-tingling moments, when you see or hear something that sparks a deep recognition of another’s humanity and unexpectedly shakes your world. I met with Tom […]
Villanova University Day of Service 8,299 pairs of socks for the homeless
Seventy three Villanova University student athletes from the women’s field hockey and men’s soccer teams participated in the University’s Day of Service by sorting, boxing and inventorying 8,299 pairs of new socks!! And later in the afternoon student leaders delivered 2,024 pairs to several shelters in the Philadelphia area! This was truly a wonderful event […]
Joy The Sock Puppet® has her own trademark
Joy The Sock Puppet® now has her own official trademark!! The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued registration number 4,174,257 on July 17, 2012. She is pretty excited about this and will probably celebrate by getting her hair done! She is also getting ready for her series of videos about the plight of […]
Shop online. Automatic donations to The Joy of Sox with iGive.
This is really cool. Imagine every time that you shop online The Joy of Sox automatically gets a percentage of you purchase as a donation. All you have to do is click on the iGive logo on the right and sign up for the service with your browser. Then whenever you shop for something on […]
Who We’ve Helped
Organizations Served By The Joy of Sox Our primary outreach began in the greater Philadelphia area, however we now provide new socks to shelters across the United States whenever we can. Impact Over 181,693 pairs of new socks have been distributed to shelters as of June 26th, 2016!
HUGE sock sorting event at Main Line Health
The Birth of Joy The Sock Puppet®
Much thanks to Ward Vanhaute, Prop Master for the Villanova University Theater Department for his spectacular creation of a muppet-like Joy. His ability to build a puppet better the puppet vision I had in my head was amazing. This is the video of me meeting Joy for the first time. I was so excited I almost cried. But Joy […]
Main Line Media News covers sock sorting event
Main Line Media News’s Alan Thomas stopped by at a recent sock sorting, pairing, packaging event. He talked to a lot of people and took a lot of pictures. And his story got published! Front page! Click here to read the story. Thanks Alan and all the volunteers who made the event possible!!
Radnor21’s Sam Strike interviews Tom Costello Jr
Sam Strike, host of Radnor21’s Radnor Patch, interviewed Tom about his nonprofit The Joy of Sox. Afterwards Tom said that the experience was great, although he doesn’t see any expectations of an oscar nomination. He also thanked Sam, who made a personal donation of a bag of new socks. Thanks Sam!!