SOCKS FOR THE HOMELESS
PROJECT IDEAS
Companies/Businesses
- Great for team building and company community service projects
- Internal - employee socks drive
- External – socks drop location
Organizations (sororities, fraternities, community, etc…)
- Great for community service project/volunteer hours
- Internal – members and friends sock drive
- External – Sock drive at an event or location *creative*
Schools
- Can include students, staff, parents, parish, and/or community
- Great for community service project/volunteer hours
- Internal – School sock drive
- Internal – Classroom competition *creative idea*
- External – Sock drop location
Churches
- Great for community service project/volunteer hours
- Internal – Member/visitor sock drive
- Get creative and make it an event
- External – sock drop location
- External – community socks drive
Individuals
- Create a sock drive at work, with family, in neighborhood, at church, etc…
- Great for community service project/volunteer hours
- Neighborhood Sock drive - *creative idea*
SOCKS FOR THE HOMELESS
CHECKLISTS
SAMPLE INTERNAL PROJECT CHECKLIST:
- Market your socks drive - Publicize your sock drive through flyers, emails, newsletters, announcements, Facebook, or twitter. (Hint: Be sure to include the who, what, when, where, how and why).
- Collection Box - You can request a collection box from a Socks for the Homeless representative or if you have access to boxes already you can simply print a poster and create your own collection box - feel free to be creative.
- Create a collection station(s) - Place sock collection box(es) in a convenient location at your business/organization.
- When sock drive is complete – contact and Socks for the Homeless representative to pick up socks.
SAMPLE EXTERNAL PROJECT CHECKLIST:
- Market your socks drive - Publicize your sock drive through flyers, emails, newsletters, announcements, Facebook, or twitter. (Hint: Be sure to include the who, what, when, where, how and why).
- Collection Box - You can request a collection box from a Socks for the Homeless representative or if you have access to boxes already you can simply print a poster and create your own collection box - feel free to be creative.
- Create a collection station(s) - Place sock collection box(es) in a convenient location at your business/organization.
- Business/Organization will be listed as a sock drop location site on www.socksforthehomeless.blogspot.com and communication emails.
SAMPLE NEIGHBORHOOD SOCK DRIVE CHECKLIST:
- Market your socks drive - Publicize your sock drive through flyers, emails, newsletters, announcements, Facebook, or twitter. (Hint: Be sure to include the who, what, when, where, how and why).
- Collection Box - You can request a collection box from a Socks for the Homeless representative or if you have access to boxes already you can simply print a poster and create your own collection box - feel free to be creative.
- Create a collection station(s) - Place sock collection box(es) in a convenient location OR...
- Creative Suggestions - Let your neighbors know that you are conducting a sock drive and will be around to collect socks for the homeless on a certain date
- Creative Suggestions - Let your neighbors know that you will set out a table/box on a certain date to collect socks for the homeless. Set up a tent, play some music, etc…
SAMPLE SCHOOL SOCK DRIVE CHECKLIST:
- Market your socks drive - Publicize your sock drive through flyers, emails, newsletters, announcements, Facebook, or twitter. (Hint: Be sure to include the who, what, when, where, how and why).
- Collection Box - You can request a collection box from a Socks for the Homeless representative or if you have access to boxes already you can simply print a poster and create your own collection box - feel free to be creative.
- Create a collection station(s) - Place sock collection box(es) in a convenient location at your school.
- Creative suggestion - To motivate students develop a classroom competition and offer a prize/party for the winning class. (For example, an ice cream party, and movie party, free time, etc.)
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