Global Sock Drive has been Launched

More than 100 million people worldwide are homeless. according to World Habitat Day 2015 key facts.

Our Sock Launch Party on Oct. 2, 2015 was a huge success and everyone is excited to make this year the best ever!
The Sock Granny Team has expanded far beyond my wildest dreams and we want to Go Global in helping people become Sock Aware for the Homeless in their communities.

Our newest international group will be posting their exciting news when they launch Socktober about mid-October - watch for Ace Society UNMC posts.

I would like to introduce our hardworking Team.

Barb, from Starbucks will be posting a list of Starbuck stores that have agreed to be a drop-off location for the Sock Granny. Barb is also my assistant writer, organizer and contact person at Granville Island Starbucks.

Photo of Molly (MPA) and Barb

Amanda works in a Clothing Store called 8th and Main and both of their stores have a sock donation box for socks.

8th & Main Clothing (both locations)
2403 Main St, Vancouver
1105 Granville Street, Vancouver

Photo of Molly and Amanda

A Flight Attendant is gathering socks from her friends as she travels the world. Right now she is on a 8 day shift world wide. I will post her experiences when she gets back.

Carla from Kaplan International College collects socks on campus from the generous international students.

Photo of Carla and Sock Granny

High school student, Serene, and her friends are focusing on the growing number of homeless women by donating products specific for their needs. Please support Serene and her friends for breaking new ground by asking for donations for personal items for women.
Sock Granny Donation box @ Granville Island Starbucks.
8th & Main Clothing (both locations) 2403 Main St, Vancouver
1105 Granville Street, Vancouver

Molly is from the MPA-Society on Fir and 7th where the socks will go directly to those who need them the most.
Photo is of Molly welcoming Serene to the Sock Granny Team.

Do you know how many are homeless in your country?
Awareness is growing globally as the groups collecting socks support each other and so far the US Comfort Socks and the UK Socks and Chocs have liked our page.

Homeless Woman in Toronto tells her story - "just say hello"
https://youtu.be/zcfDPK1vl_s

I would like to thank staff and residents at Terraces on 7th, Vancouver, BC for their phenomenal support for the Sock Granny Sock Drive!

Sock Drives Across Canada for 2015

The Sock Drive organizers across Canada are revving up their engines to get ready for the biggest Sock Drive ever by breaking all their previous records.

If you live in Vancouver, The Sock Granny's 3rd annual Sock Drive begins Oct 2, 2015 with Molly McDonald from MPA-Society as our guest speaker.
Sock Granny is on Facebook where you will find Drop-off locations for sock donations and up-to-date information about the Sock Granny and the MPA Society link. Here you will find a collection of photographs from last years amazing Sock Drive.

Let's move on to Edmonton where you will read in the Edmonton Sun that the inaugural Toasty Toes Sock Drive has already started.


Winnipeg have already been hard at work for their 2015 Sock Drive with the total already over 74,000!
The name of the group collecting socks for the homeless in Winnipeg, Canada is WARMER TOES in WINNIPEG

Frank Faulk's documentary about the essential importance of socks to the homeless is still applicable today.
CBC Radio Socks for the Homeless

How You Can Give Socks in the United States

Where can you give socks in the United States.
Comfort Socks

Comfort Socks is a nation wide charity organization who are passionate about giving socks to the homeless.
https://youtu.be/Tyxtu63OABI

Like Comfort Socks on Facebook

Sock Drop-off Locations in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Granville Island Starbucks, for Barb Vance (Sock donations)
Terraces on 7th - Front Desk, (1570 W7th) ask for Sock Granny.
8th & Main Clothing (both locations), in donation box

Like The Sock Granny on Facebook

Sock Drive Support with No Generation Gap

People who want to give socks come from every age group and are digging deeper than ever to show their compassion and love to the homeless and mentally ill. With this powerful team work we hope to move mountains and break previous records for 2015/16. Our motive is to warm feet and warm hearts.

10+ year old children have spent their allowance to buy socks for this charity. It is something they understand when they see the homeless everytime they go shopping with their Mom. What an important life lesson they learn when they can give a pair of socks and know it will make a difference to a suffering person.
College students are collecting socks for the Sock Granny to give to a homeless resource center.
High School students are joining forces to support the Sock Granny Sock Drive 2015. They are using the power of Facebook to promote their own Sock Drive and then their Organizer, Serene, will deliver them to me, The Sock Granny.
Flight Attendants are collecting socks from their global friends.
Family and friends are busy cleaning out their "sock dresser draws" of used socks. The socks don't have to be matching. They do need to be clean and NO holes." Each sock is precious to the Sock Granny and to the men and women who recieve them.

Read about the MPA-society.org http://www.mpa-society.org/programs-services/resource-centre

Follow The Sock Granny on Facebook

Drop-off Locations:
Granville Island Starbucks, for Barb Vance (Sock donations)
Terraces on 7th - Front Desk, (1570 W7th) ask for Sock Granny
8th & Main Clothing (both locations), in donation box

The 3rd Annual Sock Drive Goes Global

Support for Sock Granny's Sock Drive is growing everyday.

Our 3rd annual Sock Drive is getting ready to start again October 1, 2015! A simple way to help those who need socks the most - clean out your "used sock drawer" (clean and no holes) and give them to the Sock Granny as I make sure the socks go directly to the homeless and mentally ill.

Introducing a NEW features to our Sock Drive in 2 ways.

1. This year we are going Global with our sock drive by Helping people become Aware of giving socks in their neighborhoods. No cost but you do need a big,kind heart. Turn your office and school gift giving parties into Sock Gifts for the homeless.

2. More exciting news about our Global plans soon. (I'm waiting to hear from my contact in Paris) Next time you bring a souvenir home from a trip why not bring a pair of socks for the Sock Granny to give homeless with cold, infected, painful feet.... with a special note telling them where the socks came from. Think of the life changing impact that pair of gift socks could have on one person!! Sock Granny is going Global - please join me in warming the heart as well as the feet.

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All sock donations are hand delivered directly to MPA-Society Vancouver where they are distributed directly to the mentally ill and homeless - men and women. I began this journey in 2013 http://www.mpa-society.org/publications-resources/mpa-in-the-news/news-releases/2013/12/11/call-for-donations-for-new-socks Thank you for your support.

Drop-off Locations:
Granville Island Starbucks, for Barb Vance (Sock donations)
Terraces on 7th - Front Desk, (1570 W7th) ask for Sock Granny.
8th & Main Clothing (both locations), in donation box

New edit update:
The first Global Stats are in!
The Sock Granny Blog has had visitors between
Aug 16, 2015 – Sep 14, 2015 from these countries
United States, Canada, Slovakia,
Italy, Switzerland,
France, Netherlands,
Russia, Sweden,
Singapore

Add to the above list these new countries: Sept 18 - Chile
Add to the above list this new country on Sept 19: Serbia
Add to the above list this new country on Sept 20: Ukraine
Add to tne above list this new country on Sept 21: Georgia
Add to the above list this new country on Sept 25: United Kingdom
Add to the above list this new country on Sept 27: Germany
Add to the above list this new country on Oct 18: Brazil

Socks are still the most Needed

Today I saw a poster held by a homeless person that said "Socks are the most needed but the least donated!" It made me feel sad and even more determined to keep collecting socks for the ever growing numbers of men and women becoming homeless.
The people who are helping the homeless I applaud! I found this board on Pinterest that has lots of ways you can help.
https://www.pinterest.com/stuffofinterest/homeless/

The poster asking for socks
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/388294799100371845/

We Care about Nepal Earthquake Victims

The company called zazzle.com has opened a store that exclusively sells products where the proceeds of all the sales will be donated to the Support Nepal Fund. I am pleased to be invited to donate one of my designs to be used in this special store.

Support Nepal Earthquake Relief 2015
Proceeds from the sale of these products with my personal design (designed by gramabarb) for this charity will be donated to Support Nepal:

We Care Nepal T-shirt by SupportNepal
Design t shirts online.

Designed by GramaBarb

We Care Nepal Postcard by SupportNepal
Look at Supportnepal2015 Postcards online at Zazzle.com

Thank you for Supporting Nepal during a time of great need due to the 2015 earthquake.