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Map of facilities for the homeless around Philadelphia
Someone asked about the locations of homeless shelters around Philly. So here is what we use – a map. The pins in the map represent
Comcast collects new socks for the homeless
A special thanks to Samantha McDevitt at Comcast for organizing a sock drive for us for their Comcast Cares program!! Lots of new socks Two service
The Joy of Sox earns Guidestar’s Bronze Seal
This is really a great thing! Today The Joy of Sox received the GuideStar Exchange’s Bronze Participant level, a leading symbol of transparency and accountability
New York State Resolution – Socks for the Homeless Day
The New York State Legislature passed a Resolution declaring February 14th, Valentine’s Day, as Socks for the Homeless Day. This is really cool…and important. Why
More Stories From The Streets
Eye-opening stories about the importance of new socks for the homeless have been added to our Stories From The Streets page. Read what homeless people
Sock Drive Daily Count Basket in a K-8 School
A basket to collect new socks during a sock drive. Very cool! St. Thomas the Apostle school in Glen Mills, PA used a plastic basket
Wrong (and very low) Number of Homeless Reported by HUD
According to Kathy at the Hospitality Center in Norristown, PA they served between 1,000 – 1,200 distinct clients at their shelter in the last year.
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
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
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
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;
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
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
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