Martin Luther King Day of Service project
For this year’s Martin Luther King Day of Service 12 students from Villanova University sorted and packed 4,782 pairs of new socks for the homeless in the morning. After lunch they distributed 2,040 pairs of new socks to facilities in the Philadelphia area. Great job guys – thanks so much for your help! Ignite change. […]
PHL17’s Steve Highsmith & Tom Costello Jr – The Joy of Sox (new socks for the homeless)
PHL17’s Steve Highsmith interviewed Tom Costello Jr, Chief Sock Person at The Joy of Sox on the station’s InFocus show. Steve and Tom talked about The Joy of Sox’s mission of providing new socks for the homeless. The video is about 26 minutes so you will probably not look at the entire clip, but perhaps […]
ADP offices across the USA donate new socks
ADP, the national payroll, human services & benefits company is great!! Donation of new socks have been received from all across the United States including their offices in: St. Louis, MO Westerville, OH Indianapolis, IN Bloomington, MN Scottsdale, AZ Chicago, IL Chandler, AZ Dearborn, MI Independence, OH Thank you so much ADP for helping make […]
Sock donations for the homeless from six states
This is amazing – recently we have received donations of new socks from SIX STATES (some anonymously). Waltham, MA; Milton, DE; Tucson, AZ; Deerfiled, IL; Sammamish, WA and Brainerd, MN. Thank you so much for helping make homeless toes happy toes!!
We Make Homeless Toes Healthy & Happy Toes
We Make Homeless Toes Healthy & Happy Toes
Interns for Spring 2013 for The Joy of Sox
This week was intern interview week! Three students from Villanova University were interviewed to help us during the spring semester 2013. Two interviews were face-to-face and one was via Skype from Belgium! What a great group of people and I am already planning all the wonderful things we can accomplish with such talent on board. […]
Crozer-Keystone Health System donates new socks for the homeless
Crozer-Keystone Health System donates new socks for the homeless. Juliette Turturro, one of our board members contacted Katrina Stier, PR Manager at Crozer, and made arrangements for them to conduct a sock drive. 394 pairs of new socks for the homeless were collected and will be distributed to shelters in the region. The photo is […]
New label for sock delivery
Here’s a look at our new label for The Joy of Sox. The label is placed on every box of new socks for the homeless that we deliver or ship. This particular one shows that the box contains 120 pairs of new socks for women and that the box was packed by students from Villanova University. […]
Thanksgiving sock distribution in Camden NJ
Our Thanksgiving tradition – delivering new socks for the homeless to Cathedral Kitchen in Camden, New Jersey. This morning we drove to Camden and delivered 610 pairs of new socks for the men, women and children who attended the holiday meal. It was a great event for families with children as there were art activities, […]
Villanova Nurses Help Homeless Feet
On Friday November 16th a group of nurses from Villanova University’s Nursing Without Borders (NWB) visited the Catholic Worker clinic in the Kensington section of Philadlephia. They attended to the feet of the homeless – warm soaking foot baths, massage, removing callouses, etc. They served about 50 homeless men and women. The Joy of Sox […]