Project 680 - Socks for Homeless Youth

I wanted to let everyone know of an exciting opportunity to help meet some very practical needs of kids in the FCUSD. Last year there were 680 kids within the District who were documented to be "homeless". Can you believe that? "Homeless" means "an individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate residence. These students are living in unstable places like motels, the streets, tents, cars, RVs in parking lots, in homes without power or water, in households without a parent/legal guardian, etc... These are kids who reside within FCUSD territory within the cities of Rancho Cordova and Folsom.


This brings us to "Project 680" which is named descriptively after the number of homeless kids documented last year, but also named for the goal of raising 680 pairs of new socks for these kids. Since the District Liaison for Homeless Services said that new socks were a felt need for these students, this project was born because it just makes good sense to help provide kids with something they need. In fact, the District does a shoe drive every year for these students and so a sock drive by another group compliments their efforts very well. This event is not an official Socks & Gloves event, but I am a fellow Socks & Glover involved in leading the project. The project is being sponsored by the Cordova Towne Neighborhood Association in Rancho Cordova.

See www.cordovatowne.com/project680.html for details (especially the FAQ section so that you know about what type of socks are needed, what age group we are serving, etc...). If you want to promote this effort on your website or blog, you can send a link to us or use the image above.

Thanks for your partnership.