2403 Socks to Go

Curbside opens tomorrow. Volunteers will stand on the sidewalk ready to unload your donations of food, clothing, and toiletries. You don’t even need to get out of your car. We are grateful for turkeys, hams, #10 cans of food, 25 lb. bags of rice and potatoes and smaller canned goods, too. We need clothing, especially coats and any men’s clothing, as long as it’s clean and ready-to wear. We’ll happily accept your hand knit scarves for Christmas bags at Curbside.

And socks.

At. St. Anthony’s, we always need socks. Right now, we especially need them for Christmas. We’re giving a Christmas bag to every guest who eats in the Dining room on Christmas. Every bag will contain a beautiful hand knit scarf. And every bag needs a pair of socks. Our goal is 3,000.

If you knit, knit a scarf. If you don’t, think of socks.

The Security Traders Association, the Girl Scouts, and the Ladies of the Consular Corps got us off to a tremendous start with 597 pairs.

That’s not counting the socklets for women and children’s socks with cartoons and rock stars on them. These are great to give away.

But what we really need  are men’s crew or trail socks that go all the way up the ankle to keep our guests, men and women, warm and dry. (Thank you Security Traders,  Girl Scouts, and Ladies of the Consular Corps.) If you don’t have the time or transportation for groceries and you don’t have the skills for hand knitting a scarf, you can donate  socks. You’d be surprised at the comfort and joy they bring.