Hannah's Socks • warm feet, warm hearts

Sophie from Bowling Green just celebrated her 8th birthday party, and in lieu of gifts, she asked guests to bring sock donations!

They also wore crazy socks to dance in, made sock puppets, and had a Fox In Sox relay race. They collected 137 pairs for Hannah's Socks. Thanks Sophie :)

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Big thanks go out today to Paula Fall, owner of Sophia Lustig and Sophie's Sister in Toledo, and Jane Wurth, owner of Ragazza in Perrysburg, for helping me look my best during the HandsOn Network Lead Summit and University of Phoenix Volunteer Leader Award ceremony in Washington D.C.!

Jane donated chic pants, a comfy blouse and a classy ivory-colored jacket; Paula provided a beautiful necklace and earrings to make my outfit complete. Maureene, who works for Paula, did my make up and Paula donated that too! To round out the ensemble a beautiful black beaded purse was included.

Thanks so much to Sophia Lustig Shop and Ragazza -- I felt like a million bucks!

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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 of big boxes 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.

It was a pleasure today to meet Mike from Haven of Rest in Akron! He stopped by to pick up a sock donation our Toledo team had prepared to give to his organization, which serves as a light to the homeless community in and around the Akron, Ohio area and offers food, shelter, safety, drug rehabilitation, and -- most of all -- hope to those most in need.

Mike is pictured above visiting with Hannah and her sister Krystyna. Great to meet you, Mike!

This weekend, Hannah met Miss Perfect Teen Ohio 2009, Taylor Parks!

Taylor brought her crown and sashes. Taylor is getting all of the contestants at the next pageant to bring socks! Pictured above are Hannah, her sisters Krystyna and Faith, and Taylor. Thanks for the visit and for your support, Taylor!

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!