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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
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
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
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.
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
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,
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.
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 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
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
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
Website Back
After a few days for frustration our website is back up. Not yet 100%, but almost there! A big THANK YOU to all who helped
Concept sketches for Joy The Sock Puppet
Which one do you like? Or don’t like? We are getting ready to do a “complete makeover” for Joy The Sock Puppet, our Official Sock
Google “socks for the homeless” Most homeless people really need socks! When you Google “socks for the homeless” you might get over 4,480,000 hits. But