ToastyToes_EM 2017
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19 December 2017
ToastyToesEM came to St.Thomas Elgin-Middlesex Looking forward to 2018
Greetings to YOU our wonderful partners, supporters and sponsors; Thank YOU for your assistance with the success of first annual our socks campaign! We were able to raise socks and cash equivalent of 4202 pairs of socks. We have been able to help the following agencies and programs who without your support, would have had a lot of clients with cold and wet feet;
Farm Town Canada Daffodil Auxiliary Grace Café Psychiatric Survivors Network of Elgin (PSNE) Talbot House Youth United (Youth for Christ) via Faith Church St. Thomas Christmas Care Destination Church In Out of Cold Fresh Start Maternity Support YWCA (including men's needs) Talbot Teen Centre East Elgin Housing and Sharing Pantry Northside Hub St. Thomas-Elgin Second Stage Housing 7th Day Adventist Church Social Services St. John's Anglican Church Port Stanley Food Bank/Christ Anglican Church St.Thomas Food Bank Unity Project Men's Mission Salvation Army Centre of Hope Bridges Out of Poverty Trinity United Church (Community Meals Program) St.Thomas ChangeMakers
Special Thank You to; Conrad Refrigerated Trucking and employees, Canadian Tire, St.Thomas, Libro Credit Union, St.Thomas, McBain’s Signs and Graphic Designs, Green’s Printing Service, St.Thomas Pita Pit and Skyline Living, Giant Tiger, St.Thomas, Starwood’s/Marriott, Fellowship Church, St. John's Anglican Church, Faith Church and St.Anne’s and Holy Angels Parish.
Very Special Thank You to Brenda Feairs’ Amazing Grade 9 class at Parkside Collegiate Institute who raised over 600 pairs of socks!
Thank you and Gratitude to you all for helping with this spectacular community building project!
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16 December 2017
Thank You to the amazing management and staff at Conrad Refrigerated Transport for their fabulous donation of socks #ToastyToes #sockheroes #rockinginthesockworld #stthomasproud
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08 December 2017
Thanks to Your Amazing Awesomeness we have raised 4200 pairs of Socks and we have been able to generously help 25 local and street level agencies. Thanks to you many people will experience the feeling of clean, warm, comfortable Socks!!! #stthomasis #rockinthesockworld #stthomasproud #blessedgenerosity
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09 November 2017
We have collected over 2000 pairs of socks and they are still coming in. We have distributed approximately 650 pairs to worthy recipients. #sockheroes, #staygenerous, #youRockmySocks
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04 October 2017
History: ToastyToes collects NEW WARM socks for those experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Socks are the most requested and least donated item at shelters, and wet, torn, or worn out socks can lead to a multitude of foot-related health issues. New warm socks really do make a difference - dry, warm feet are healthy feet.
ToastyToes originated in Waterloo Region in 2013 to mark what would have been Sharon Gilroy-Dreher’s Mom’s 80th birthday (she passed away in 2011). She always had cold feet and loved gifting socks. Sharon had hoped to collect 80 pairs of socks to mark her 80th birthday and instead got 492 pairs. She thought she’d collect just that one year and was really happy with those 492 pairs. She didn’t collect in 2014 and people asked her why, so she did it again in 2015 and collected 1,001 pairs.
Last year she reached out to her network - and with the help of over 40 companies, schools, faith communities, groups and lots of generous individuals, they collected 12,389 pairs of socks (with some of that being cash donations that we used to purchase socks). Sharon’s house was coming down with socks – and it was wonderful! They had so many socks she couldn’t personally deliver them, so agencies from across the Region came and picked up from her home. Great pictures from last year can be found on Twitter @ToastyToes_WR.
Anticipated Recipient Agencies in St.Thomas Elgin-Middlesex London (More to be added as time progresses and our area of service expands);
Inn Out of the Cold Grace Café St.Thomas Elgin Food Bank Destination Church Port Stanley Food Bank Talbot Teen Centre YWCA Bridges Out of Poverty Daffodil Fund (West Lorne) Psychiatric Survivors Network Elgin CMHA Fresh Start Maternity
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01 January 1970
Thank you for doing what you do and caring about those in need!
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