Hannah's Socks • warm feet, warm hearts

We're very excited that, thanks to our many, many supporters, Hannah's Socks has recently "hung its shingle" on a new office space! We'll use it to host meetings, to sort and store socks, and conduct other general business.

Unfortunately, we don't have anything to put in the office! We're seeking donations of new or gently used desks, task chairs, guest chairs, tables, bookshelves, and other furniture. Please contact us if you can help. (The space is in Northwest Ohio.)

We received a very kind note from a leader at the Salvation Army:

"Thanks again for all your help on Wednesday. We really appreciate all you do to make Tools for School a success! This year we served: 624 families, 1461 children. We also distributed another 604 backpacks and school supplies through other organizations.

Thanks again for all you do for The Salvation Army, and our community as a whole!"

-Tracy Knappins
Service Extension Director/Special Events Coordinator
Northeast Ohio Division of The Salvation Army

Thank you Tracy for the kind words -- it was our pleasure, and our supporters and volunteers made it possible.

Thanks to our wonderful supporters, many kids will be starting school with plenty of new socks!

In Toledo, we donated 10,000+ pairs of socks to the Salvation Army Tools For School program, which provides school supplies and other necessities to kids in need. The demand is great; last year, we passed out just 3,400 pairs of socks. In Cincinnati, we donated hundreds of pairs to support a similar effort, Northern Kentucky's Brighton Center backpack program.

Special thanks to all the Hannah's Socks Board members and volunteers who worked so hard to sort, count, and hand the socks out, and thanks to Salvation Army and Brighton Center for including us in their wonderful programs.

All we can say is, "Wow!"

We're very pleased that thanks to the amazing support of so many generous people, we have an actual sign, outside an actual office, in our home base of Perrysburg, Ohio.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, to everyone who's supported our growth and made this possible.

Kinda cool seeing our name in "lights" :)

We're pleased this year to support "Clothing Your Community - Back 2 School" with our friends at Toledo's Cherry Street Mission.

Thanks to our wonderful supporters, Hannah's Socks has been able to donate 1,200 pairs of socks to the cause.

The first day of school can be tough for kids. Now, imagine how much tougher it is when they show up in tattered or too-tight clothing because their family can't afford to replace the clothing, even with thrift-shop finds.

There's still time to volunteer; click for more information.

Last weekend, the Turner family took a road trip to Cleveland to visit Walk Of Faith Community Center.

Walk of Faith partners with the Cleveland Food Bank and Hannah's Socks! While we were there we toured their food bank, clothing area and -- now -- a sock area. I was amazed at the organization and all that they do for the less fortunate.

We met with Director Lisa, Pastor Kevin, and many others. The highlight of our trip was sharing a meal with the homeless community. Walk of Faith feeds the homeless each Saturday. Not only do they prepare delicious and nutritious foods, but they also sit down and eat together.

I got to talk with Eric, who shared his story of being homeless, sleeping in a doorway and walking all day long. Eric has come a long way in his journey. Walk Of Faith has done a lot for him, he said. Eric is now a volunteer at Walk of Faith, giving back to help his homeless friends.

Hannah is very happy with our partnership with Cleveland and that the homeless there are getting new socks for their feet.

Learn more about one of our great partners at www.wofcommunitycenter.org.

Even the youngest member of the Turner family is learning to sort socks!

Pictured above, Faith helps with part of the donation we received recently from St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Temperance, Michigan. This is the third year where their VBS has collected for Hannah's Socks.

Thanks to the church -- and to Faith :-)

Every other Saturday, the Hannah's Socks team loads up boxes of socks and heads to the Downtown Toledo Public Library to give new socks to men, women, and families who've fallen on hard times.

One thing many people don't realize: Warm weather doesn't negate the need for socks. The demand is just as great during the summer months as the winter months.

If you'd like to help, we can use ankle-length socks for men, women, boys and girls at both our Toledo and Cincinnati offices. They'll be distributed to folks we help in Ohio, Michigan, and Kentucky.

Would you like to collect socks for Hannah? Learn how!

We found a nice surprise on the front porch today!

Big thanks go out to the Hagman family from Lakewood, Washington. These two big boxes of socks traveled more than 2,300 miles to reach our home office in Toledo, Ohio.

It's wonderful to see Hannah's Story inspiring people -- from so, so far away. Thank you, Hagman family.

Big thanks go out today -- yet again! -- to Elie Levy, President & CEO of Planet Sox!

The timing is perfect: As the summer heat hits the Midwest, they sent 3 boxes of ankle-length socks. Over the weekend, we distributed them during our biweekly Downtown Toledo Library program, which serves needy men, women and families in Northwest Ohio.

Please check out their website at www.planetsox.com.