Thursday, February 12, 2015

The Prep Distributes Socks Across Philadelphia

Getting Ready to make the deliveries (Photo credit: Frank Raffa)

As you may have read in December's blog entry, the Prep donated socks to the Bethesda Project and St. Francis Inn.  We also received a huge donation from Michael Foley, who happens to be the President of SockGuy: http://www.sockguy.com/  


On Thursday, February 12, 2015, we donated all of the socks, some 800 pairs.

This set of socks were distributed to these four places:
  • Face to Face in Germantown (located at St. Vincent de Paul RCC, E. Price Street)
  • St. Columba, a residence for 25 men run by Project Home.
  • The Benjamin Franklin Parkway (see below)
  • The Free Library of Philadelphia (the main branch) - a noted hangout for Philadelphia's homeless community (as can be seen in this article).

Special thanks to Frank Raffa, who was a great co-pilot, Jonathan Juckett of Project Home, and especially to Face to Face Director of Development Susan O’Hagan Marley.









On the Parkway

Outside St. Columba, a 'safe haven' of Project Home