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2016 Giving Back

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While we give to those in need in all seasons, this time of year we are especially aware of those living without. Socks are one of the most needed items for homeless individuals and can bring a much-needed boost of color and confidence to anyone. We consider it an honor to help those in our own community and world-wide community we’re all a part of.

Here are a few of the organizations and people we’ve sent socks to:

Past donations include:

   

Portland City employees hold annual sock drives attempting to provide one pair of clean dry socks to everyone living outside, in shelters, in vehicles, or doubled up with relatives in Portland. This drive benefits Janus, Street Roots, & Transition Projects.

Camp Fire Columbia is a youth development organization located in Portland, Oregon with a mission to build caring confident youth and future leaders.

CAT is the Pacific Northwest’s largest nonprofit, adoption guarantee cat shelter.

Ask Wellness programs assist those in their community who are in crisis with anything that leaves a family or individual on the streets, without food, health or employment.

Sock It to Me has made donations to Portland Public Schools’ arts program and althetic program. With more than 49,000 students in 78 schools, Portland Public Schools is one of the largest school districts in the Pacific Northwest.

JOIN exists to support the efforts of homeless individuals and families to transition out of homelessness into permanent housing.

Sock It to Me donated to the Oregon Beer Mile benefiting Achon Uganda Children’s Fund. AUCF is committed to helping the community (Awake, in Otuke District in Northern Uganda) rebuild through improved health care and education, access to the life-enriching benefits of exercise and sport and overall self-sufficiency.

“I Have a Dream” Oregon was founded in 1990 to help low-income students succeed in school, college and career. 

Project Lemonade is a Portland, Oregon non-profit 501(c)3 run entirely by volunteers. Our mission is to support and promote confidence in foster youth. Each August youth ages 5-20 shop for free back to school clothes in our pop-up shop.

Bridgetown Invitational Tournament is Portland Oregon’s 9 game, IGBO affiliated, USBC certified, LGBTQ amateur bowling tournament.

See the rest and learn how to request donations here: Giving Back.

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Giving Makes Us Glow

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I’m sure you know what I mean when I say that giving makes us glow. There is something soul-satisfying about taking something that belongs to you and giving it away, just because you want to. Not because there is a tax deduction, and not because you’re told to. But because you want to share what you have with folks in need.

Over the years, we have really enjoyed lending our love and support to organizations that help educate and enrich lives. Here is a brief snapshot of the hearts and organizations we have given to. We hope you check them out and get involved, too! And remember: whether you have a single jacket to give away or a huge stack of books, the beauty of giving is priceless.

  • > YouthCare (Seattle, WA) – With a mission to get homeless youth off the streets and prepared for life, YouthCare builds confidence and self-sufficiency for Seattle’s homeless youth by providing a continuum of care that includes outreach, basic services, emergency shelter, housing, counseling, education, employment training, and basic needs – like socks!
  • > Campfire USA (Kansas City, MO) – With a heart for youth, Camp Fire USA creates an environment for youth to have life-enhancing experiences, and develop assets that are essential to their future. Children and families engage in all-inclusive, coeducational programs that build service and leadership skills, strengthen communities, and push youth to learn about the environment around them and what they can do to preserve it.

  • >The Girls Rock Camp (Portland, OR) – With a year-round music institute plus summer camps for teenage girls and weekend day camps for women, this nonprofit uses music and performance to build self-esteem and confidence in women. In their mission to encourage social change and the development of life skills, they provide workshops, technical training, leadership opportunities, and a supportive community of peers and mentors.
  • >Transition Projects Inc (Portland, OR) – As the beneficiary of a Sock Drive hosted by the city of Portland, this organization aims to serve people’s basic needs as they transition from homelessness to housing. Serving more than 9,000 people each year, they seek to see change as well as stir community awareness and compassion.
  • > Mangrove Fund (Portland, OR) – Supporting sustainable development in Haiti years before the 2010 tsunami took its devastating toll, the Mangrove Fund ultimately seeks to equip and empower already established organizations that pour love and resources into impoverished Haitian communities and the thousands of orphaned children that reside there.

 

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Roller Skating + Sock It to Me socks + Haiti love

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We love spreading the love. And Haiti, above all, needs some love. So we’re throwing a fundraiser. What’s funny is that we really just whipped it together in the course of a few days, but it’s going to be epic. Because Portland has come through, and people are excited. Truly excited. (How can you not be? It’s roller skating!)

With the help of the Portland-based Mangrove Fund, we’re happy to say that 100% of all ticket sales will go to organizations leading relief and recovery efforts in Haiti. And we are also donating 100% of the proceeds from Sock It to Me sock sales during the event. (Yep, we’ll be there with a fully stocked booth!) What’s better: wear your SITM socks or buy a pair at the event, and you’ll receive raffle tickets to win some fantastic prizes. Think socks, tees, one-hour massages, amusement park passes, gift certificates to Portland hotspots and more (they keep rolling in!).

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Here’s the scoop:

What: “Knee-High for Haiti” Roller Skating Benefit {sponsored by Sock It to Me & Oaks Park Amusement Park}

When: Saturday, January 30, 2010 {10 pm—12:30 am}

Where: Oaks Park roller rink {7805 SE Oaks Park Way, Portland}

Cost: $7—$10, sliding scale {includes skate rental}

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One sock at a time

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We are gym rats… well, fitness class junkies, to be frank. But only because we can’t self-motivate. We pump iron in groups. We do sit-ups in groups. We do yoga in groups. It’s the only way.

But the best thing about it is this growing love affair with knee-highs. We dare say it’s even cult-like. Every day, another girl shows up, knee-high in stripes or stars or all-over patterns. We love it. So naturally, we jumped in. We have yet to plug Sock It To Me (read: “yet”), but we oft get these looks that say: OMG, her socks are so chic.

retro workout wearFirst of all, we know. But secondly, we aren’t exactly social when we workout. Oh no. It’s far too embarrassing being there makeup-less, with a ponytail and pinned bangs, no less. We don’t make friends because we don’t feel pretty. Isn’t that awful?

Well, this knee-high business may do the trick. We’ve noticed we’ve started to actually feel cute at the gym. Like, OMG, my socks are so chic. Funny how a pair of socks can right all the wrongs in our lives…

… And speaking of that, we are on a mission to right all the wrongs in the world, one sock at a time, with a charity sock that will leverage monies or goods to a charity in need. Maybe it won’t right all the wrongs out there, but we’d like to think it will help at least one. So stay tuned on how you can help support our efforts! xo