What is Socktober?
Socktober is an organization, introduced by Kid President, where people donate socks for homeless families. During the month of October, Scholls Heights Elementary School will be participating in the event of Socktober by having students bring in new, clean, socks that the school will donate to different shelters and even hospitals, mainly Doernbecher.
Why are we doing this?
Nearly 600,000 people are homeless every night in the U.S.A alone, without anything keeping them warm. Many of them are even kids, just like you and me! It's also a fact that if your feet are warm, your whole body will be warm. If we donate these socks, think about how many people will be warm... because of us.
Donate!!
The main thing we will be donating is socks! Anything that will keep a person warm. Our goal is to reach 1,000 pairs of socks donated. But 1,000 isn't where we'll stop. Keep persuading your class to bring in these socks, and we might just go above and beyond our goal! Last year, we got 1,200 pairs of socks! That's 200 pairs more than 1,000, last years goal. But what if we went beyond 1,200? Think about it. That would be amazing!
We hope you want to change the world, even if it's just a little bit. Help the world, one sock at a time.
Best wishes,
Akshara, Sophia, Bridgett, Bhoumik, the fifth grade, and the Scholls Heights staff.
