10/08/2025
📣 It’s Soktober!! 🧦
We’re collecting sock donations for Main Street Project. Please consider dropping off your donation at the clinic to help keep feet warm this winter. 👣
From their website:
In anticipation of the coming winter months, we are asking for help in collecting 30,000 pairs of new donated socks during October to keep lots of feet dry, warm and healthy. (We are not accepting any used socks this year).
We have many different kinds of sock needs here at Main Street Project. From folks coming into Protective Care with nothing on their feet to our shelter community members needing a new pair of dry socks to people living in transitional housing needing new socks, we cover a wide range of needs of those we serve.
People experiencing homelessness are at risk of developing serious feet health issues including infections, ulcers, ingrown toenails, and nerve damage due to diabetes. Being exposed to the elements can cause frostbite. In severe cases, foot health issues can lead to serious illness and amputation.
Many of the folks we see at MSP spend a lot of time on their feet, often walking several hours a day in ill-fitting shoes, and they often don’t have access to a shower to clean their feet with the opportunity to change into clean, dry socks. We want to do everything we can to help keep these folks healthy over the coming winter months by being able to provide new socks.
