Hannah's Socks • warm feet, warm hearts

The first Saturday in September brought the Hannah's Socks volunteers to the Downtown Toledo Library to distribute our supply of men's, women's, and children's socks. All went well despite some buzzing bees and our "color blindness" as we tried to figure out if some of the socks were black or if they were really dark blue!

After all the socks had been handed out, I spent some time talking with a friend who makes his way back and forth between Detroit and Toledo. He was in town this weekend so we were able to chat and catch up for a while. He shared with me that he had been staying in a tent down by the river and had been going to the Cherry Street Mission a couple times a week to get his clothes washed and get a warm shower.

He had a cell phone so he could keep in touch with his family, but unfortunately it had recently been washed in the laundry. He had a sense of humor about it, laughing and joking about his "nice, clean phone"!

Before we parted ways, he told me that he wasn't sure when he would be seeing me next, because he was planning to go to Arizona to stay with family for a while. As we talked, I happened to glance down and see that he did not have on any socks with his tennis shoes. I was glad that he had been able to get a couple pairs of new socks earlier in the morning from the Hannah's Socks volunteers.

Spring, summer, fall, or winter -- there is always a need for new socks to help those who've fallen on hard times.

Learn about volunteering with Hannah's Socks.

Lisa volunteers regularly with our Toledo-area team and shares her experiences in a weekly feature called "Volunteer Diary." Newsletter subscribers get to read her posts first.