Hannah’s Socks and Early Head Start Partnership
Hannah’s Socks and Lucas County Early Head Start (EHS) are
partnering to distribute new infant and toddler socks to
families in the community. Both programs help people who are
affected by homelessness and poverty. The Early Head start
partner agencies are meeting with Hannah’s Socks to pick up
13,000 pairs of socks on Monday, March 19, 2018 at 9:30 am.
This will occur at the storage facility located at 25581 Ft.
Meigs Road in Perrysburg, near Levis Commons.
Representatives from each of the Early Head Start partner
organizations will be present at the event including Lucas
County Family Council, Catholic Club, East Toledo Family
Center, Educare Academy, Mercy Health, and WSOS Community
Action. From there, the providers will distribute new socks
to families enrolled in Early Head Start and other programs
at the agencies.
Hannah’s Socks is a community based non-profit organization
dedicated to helping people affected by homelessness,
poverty and domestic abuse in Ohio and Southeast Michigan.
They collect and donate new socks and undergarments to those
in need through shelter homes, public schools and direct
distribution.
Early Head Start programs provide intensive comprehensive
child development and family support services to low-income
infants and toddlers and their families, and to pregnant
women and their families. Lucas County Family Council
partners with Catholic Club, Toledo Day Nursery, Mercy
Health, East Toledo Family Center and Educare Academy to
deliver these services to over 150 children and families
with the greatest need in Lucas County. The program relies
on community donations to help meet the needs of the
children and families in our program. These donations and
community partnerships are a vital part of Early Head Start;
25% of Federal grant proceeds must be matched with
non-Federal funds such as volunteer hours, adopt-a-classroom
corporate programs and donations of program materials.
Early Head Start is grateful to Hannah’s Socks for the
generous donation and for including our program among the
many programs in Ohio and Southeast Michigan that benefit
from their work. Sandra Johnson, Parent, Family, and
Community Engagement Coordinator at Lucas County Family
Council said, “I am inspired by the pure thoughtfulness of a
once 4 year old child whose oversized heart could reach
beyond her age and touch thousands of children. I feel
fortunate that our agency who serves infants and toddlers
with the greatest needs can benefit from it. It’s both
humbling and exciting to be an invited participant.”
And best of all, toddlers in Early Head Start will get to
wear new, colorful socks!
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