Hannah's Socks • warm feet, warm hearts

We're very excited to be helping people in Cleveland with leadership from our new partner, Lisa!

Lisa tells us: "Here are some pics of the Hannah's Socks table at the 2nd annual WE CARE Expo 2010. We gave out 925 pairs of socks. We had about 375 people attend the event. Hannah's Socks was one of 12 local organizations that serve the area that attended. We had live music, lots of food, drinks and over 40 items for our free raffle. All raffle prizes were donated by local business!"

Thanks Lisa! See more photos here.

I'm very excited to announce that our co-founder, Doris Turner, has been selected as a Finalist in the WE Do Good Award Category of WE tv’s WE Do Good Awards Contest, in partnership with Ladies Home Journal.

Winning is based on votes!

From August 1 through August 31, you can click to vote online to support Doris as the most deserving finalist in her category. (Just look for the cute picture of her and Hannah on the left, halfway down the page.)

If Doris is voted a winner, she gets to travel to New York City for the WE Do Good Awards Gala in November. In addition, Hannah's Socks would receive a $2,500 donation.

Please engage your network to generate votes! Tell your friends, tell your co-workers, tell your family. Just click here to vote.

Thanks, and good luck Doris!

Thanks to Janet Dickinson, Service and Community leader at Long Valley Middle School in New Jersey, and the students and staff who helped collect 2,145 new pairs of socks!

As part of their YES WE CAN service program, they donated the socks in Hannah's name to Bridges Outreach, an organization that helps the homeless in the greater New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. Janet said, "We look forward to helping Hannah again this coming school year!"

You can check out more pictures of the students on the Hannah's Socks Flickr page.

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

We're thrilled and humbled to announce that our co-founder, Doris Turner, has been selected to represent Northwest Ohio for the Jefferson Awards in Washington D.C.!

Doris was selected from the group of four 2010 Northwest Ohio Jefferson Award Winners, and is one of only 55 people from regions across the nation to be invited to the ceremonies this week June 21-23.

Doris will have the privilege to meet a Senator, attend a black-tie gala at the National Building Museum, and more.

This award recognizes the combined work of all our supporters and all members of the Hannah's Socks team, so congrats not only to Doris, but also to all of you.

We'll share photos when she returns!

Let's pack the park with Hannah's Socks fans! On Sunday, June 20 at 6:30 p.m., Hannah Turner and her supporters will be honored at the Toledo Mud Hens baseball game versus the Norfolk Tides.

The fun-filled evening will include pre-game autographs with selected Mud Hen players; a Spongebob Squarepants appearance; then after the game, to celebrate Father's Day, "Kids and Dads Run the Bases;" followed by the grand finalé, a free fireworks show.

To sit with the Hannah's Socks group, call ticket agent Scott Rourke at 419-725-4539 and tell him you want to sit with your friends from Hannah's Socks. He'll take care of you!

Click here to download and print a flyer you can share with friends

You can also share via Facebook

And please bring a donation of new socks! Collection bins will be located at the gates. See you there!

Ladies, break out your poodle skirts, bobby socks, saddle shoes and beehive hairdos!

Fellas, roll up those jeans and throw on a white T-shirt and leather jacket!

Join us Friday, May 21 at Navy Bistro Courtyard (at The Docks in Toledo) for a night of mingling with friends, enjoying great food and drinks, a costume contest, raffles, classic cars, a hula hoop contest and dancing to live entertainment provided by "oldies" group Denny R and Smooth Groove.

Click to check out all the details and order tickets -- don't miss out on a fun way to support Hannah's Socks!

Big thanks go out today to: 7th graders from North Hampton School in New Hampshire; the laboratory staff of Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, New York; and 2nd and 5th graders at Jefferson Elementary in New Rochelle, New York!

The photo above is of the three donations (and the kind notes) we received this weekend. And this is the second time Caleb, Nicholas, Connor and Zach from North Hampton School have done a collection!

Thanks to all for making this a special weekend for Hannah's Socks; we'll get the socks out to families who need them right away.

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

Big thanks go out today to Meaghan and everyone from Pork Chop Kids!

They make a super-cool sock product:

"What could be cuter than your little one's thighs? Pork Chops hug your baby's chops and provide warmth, style and functionality. The unique design keeps baby warm, provides padding for those crawling days, and makes diaper changes a cinch. The stylish colors and fun patterns make even the most understated baby runway-ready!"

They sent two big boxes of socks to our Cincinnati office. We'll get these out to families in need right away!

Visit www.porkchopkids.com to learn more about Pork Chops, and tell them Hannah sent you.

Big thanks go out today to teacher Stella Villalba and her students at Beechwood Elementary in Columbus, Ohio!

Stella organizes a Cultural Festival every year at her school. At this year's festival, she showed the Hannah's Story DVD to launch a Sock Drive.

Stella said via email: "At my school we were able to collect over 400 pairs of socks for your organization. We are very happy with the great turnout. Thank you for inspiring all of us to think about other people! This is an amazing idea!"

Kudos to Stella and all her students -- we'll get these socks out to families in need right away.

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

We received a wonderful email yesterday from Araceli Godwin, the Youth Development Program Specialist at Boys & Girls Club of Coachella Valley in California:

Well we have dropped off our sock donations to our local shelter in Indio, CA to Martha's Village & Kitchen. We managed to collect 563 pairs of socks! We all worked together as a community to make a difference and help Hannah with her goal. Our Coachella Boys & Girls Club members were thrilled to hear that I was emailing you the final number of socks collected by our organization, community and families. We hope to hear from your organization soon. Thanks again!

Some of the kids are pictured doing the sock drop-off. Kudos to all involved!