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A successful Sox Week at Protestant Home

Philadelphia Protestant Home residents collected more than 1,900 pairs of socks during Sox Week, Jan. 2-10, as their Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service project.

The socks were delivered last week to the Joy of Sox, a Radnor-based nonprofit founded in 2010 that seeks to provide each homeless person in the United States six pairs of socks every year.

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The Joy of Sox has also reached folks in England, Ukraine, Afghanistan and Uganda. In all, the nonprofit has distributed more than 1 million pairs of socks.

At PPH, 6401 Martins Mill Road, residents and staff were encouraged to donate new and never-used packaged socks. Or, they could donate $2, and the committee organizing the collection would buy a pair of socks with the money.

In addition to Sox Week, residents held an MLK observance program in the social hall on Jan. 15. The event featured music, prayer, a video, speakers and a photo slideshow recognizing PPH staff.

Residents also coordinate a monthly food drive for the needy that began as a Day of Service project in 2020. ••

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