This arrived this week:
That's six boxes of socks from Planet Sox. This makes a total of eight boxes this amazingly generous company has sent!
We also received 50 pairs of socks (plus some underwear) and a check for $50 from our local junior women's club this week.
LuLu has had a couple of friends helping her sort and count the socks. We stuffed the car to the max with socks this afternoon and drove them over to our local Children's Home Society office. They are taking them to a statewide meeting next week to distribute to other Children's Home Society branches. THOUSANDS of pairs of colorful socks will be hitting the feet of foster kids all over Florida next week!
AND we received this email from Lindsay, who was inspired by this project to start collecting socks at banks in Dallas, Texas:
Good news... we were able to collect 531 pairs of socks and donate them to Community Partners of Dallas for Socks for Smiles!!! They were so appreciative and BADLY needed the donation. I was able to share your daughters story with them and they were excited to have such a young, driven girl helping them from half way across the country. You really should be proud of what you and your daughter are doing :) I have attached a few photos for you.
Oh and through the sock donations I found a few people that were interested in helping Dallas Community Partners on their coat drive in December!!!
Best of luck to you guys!!
We've collected 8,000 pairs of socks now between Lindsay's efforts, Planet Sox and donations from all over the country. THANK YOU!
There is no rule that socks should only be handwashed. There is no harm in machine washing because after all socks is something that you dont really mind changing every 6 months or a year.
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