Hannah's Socks • warm feet, warm hearts

Big thanks go out today to the students in Mr. Beck's, Mrs. Warncke's and Mrs. Grime's classes at Wauseon Elementary School!

Mrs. Grimes writes:

I am excitedly writing to you because I have a large donation of socks! Two 4th grade classes at Wauseon Elementary School decided to do combine their business letter writing unit with a service project. Students wrote business letters to area Wauseon businesses requesting sock donations. Member of the community and parents graciously helped our students to collect over 700 pairs of socks! Thanks so much! It was a great experience for all our kids.

Way to go, kids!

Big thanks go out today from Kristen and everyone from her service sorority, Omega Phi Alpha, at BGSU!

Hannah as well as my husband Vic attended their event last night, where the theme was '90s Night. They played games and "went back to their childhood" in honor of Hannah. They collected two bags full of socks!

Thanks to all involved!

Big thanks go out today to elementary school student MacKenna of Archbold, Ohio, who recently organized a Sock Drive at her school by making posters and distributing flyers!

Her principle also made an announcement each morning encouraging the students to bring in socks. MacKenna's mom said her daughter enjoyed the responsibility of collecting and counting the socks each day. In four days the students collected more than 220 pairs of socks!

Hannah sends out a big "Thank you!" to MacKenna for all of her work organizing the Sock Drive, and to everyone at the school for learning about and helping Hannah's mission.

Big thanks go out today to Angie Davis and her Daisy Troop #10422!

They recently invited Hannah and I to meet all of them and to present Hannah with 80 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to hand out to the homeless we help biweekly at the Downtown Toledo Public Library.

The cookies were a real treat for the families that we serve. One of the fathers whose family is homeless said, "New socks and Girl Scout Cookies, it doesn't get much better than that." Another man said, "Thank you to Hannah for the socks and to the Troop for the wonderful cookies."

Thanks to all the volunteers who joined us today at the Downtown Toledo Public Library to hand out socks to our neighbors in need!

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

On several occasions, Planet Sox has sent very generous donations of the adorable children's socks they distribute out of New York City. The socks feature Snoopy, Hannah Montana, Curious George and other fun characters. We were thrilled to receive another shipment this week.

Thank you Mr. Levy and Planet Sox. We'll be sure these socks brighten the day of children in need in the communities we serve.

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

Big thanks go out today to Pat Holz and the leaders from Toledo Area Alumnae Panhellenic!

They hosted the third annual "A Taste of What's to Come" on February 4 at White House/Black Market in Maumee, Ohio, and collected more than 100 pairs of socks as well as cash donations for Hannah's Socks.

This event was attended by graduating sorority seniors from chapters located at the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University, and it's the second year that these wonderful women have supported the Hannah's Socks cause.

Pat tells us, "We will continue to send you donations throughout the year and encourage others to include you in their quest to support local charities."

Thanks to Pat and all involved!

Special moments like these are such a joy: We received a box of socks late last week, and it contained several construction-paper socks with hand-written notes from the kids who collected the socks. No return address, no more info -- so, we send out a big "Thanks" via our website and share two of the notes below:

More great news to share from Hannah's Socks headquarters: Big thanks go out today to Brownie Troop 13766 of Golden Valley, Minnesota!

The girls pictured collected and donated 186 pairs of socks in support of my Hannah's mission. Way to go, girls!

Big thanks go out today to Sarah, Kayla, Emma, Michael, Ben and Alex, and their teacher Beth, from the Sunday school at Zion Lutheran Church in Macon, Missouri!

Each month they choose a new mission to support, and recently they choose to support Hannah's Socks. The big pile of socks pictured above are the fruits of their efforts.

Hannah sends a heartfelt "Thank you!" to her new friends in Macon!