NBC10 in Philly covers The Joy Of Sox
The Joy of Sox was featured on Lori Wilson’s “Your News” show last night on NBC10 in Philadelphia. The show highlighted some of the efforts that The Joy of Sox is doing to help raise awareness of the homeless in Philadelphia and across the nation. The see the clip please click here.
Philadelphia Inquirer covers “sock-sortathon” for The Joy of Sox
Monica Yant Kinney, Metro Columnist, for the Philadelphia Inquirer came to the sock-sortathon at Chestnut Hill College and wrote a great story about the event for the paper. With her journalistic inquisitiveness Monica also interviewed two doctors in Philadelphia to get a better understanding of the fate of the feet of the homeless. Here is […]
Socks delivered to St. Francis Inn, Kensington
On Saturday morning The Joy of Sox delivered about 540 pairs of socks to the St. Francis Inn in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. The Inn serves meals to the homeless in that section of the city. According to Barbara, who is one of the directors there, “They are always in need of socks, especially […]
Sock Pairing Party at Chestnut Hill College
How do you get 30 college students to hang around on a Friday afternoon before Thanksgiving? Hold a sock pairing party! The Joy of Sox was very fortunate to have several students and a few faculty and staff help pair socks that we donated by a manufacturer. The paired socks were separated into men’s, women’s […]
Local newspaper, Chestnut Hill Local, runs cover story
by Pete Mazzaccaro, Editor, Chestnut Hill Local It was about this time last year that Chestnut Hill College business administration professor Tom Costello knew he had to do something about the socks situation. That’s right. Socks. Costello, despite an admitted reluctance to volunteer his time at St.Vincent de Paul’s Face to Face dining room in […]
KYW 1060 Newsradio runs story
Lynne Adkins of CBS affiliate KYW 1060 Newsradio in Philadelphia, PA ran a clip this morning entitled Local Man Wants To Keep Needy Feet Dry and Warm. WAYNE, Pa. (CBS) - Tom Costello Jr. was volunteering at a homeless shelter when a podiatrist told him the needy men and women there suffered from a lot of […]
Thanks to Trader Joe’s
We would like to thank Annette and all the Crew at Trader Joe’s in the Gateway store in Wayne, PA for donating 300 paper bags. The bags will be used as a convenient way to transport bags of socks to the homeless. The socks are separated into bags for children, women and men. Thanks Trader […]
New Logo
Isn’t it great when people help other people? Well, The Joy of Socks owes a special thanks to Don Dempsey at Cabrini College for donating his many graphic skills and talents in designing our new logo. And also for having the patience to put up with the “process” of working with us. Thanks again Don!!
Advocacy for the homeless program
Chestnut Hill College, as part of their community involvement program presented an Advocacy For The Homeless assembly for the entire freshman class last week for approximately 300 students. The organizations represented were: St. Francis Inn, Project H.O.M.E. and The Joy of Sox. St. Francis Inn tries to meet the immediate daily needs of the people […]
Video for Chestnut Hill College TV
Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, PA, USA is partnering with The Joy of Sox as part of their freshman class’s FYI community involvement program. Below is a video of a “commercial” for the local college TV network.