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 […]
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 […]