Red Door Ministries Operational Manager Codi Hochstatter, left, and Greenpoint Technologies Administrative Assistant Amy Ward show off their socks in anticipation of Socktober. Ward’s socks are festooned with the face of a co-worker, she said; she won them in a white elephant gift exchange. Hochstatter’s hosiery is in a rainbow pattern to symbolize God’s promise, she said, and our calling to be his hands and feet.
September 18, 2024
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‘A hug for your feet’
Socktober campaign aims to keep homeless feet warm, clean and dry
MOSES LAKE — There will be some warmer, drier feet on the streets of Moses Lake this year, thanks to an event organizers are calling Socktober. “We want to help the community that is less fortunate, in transition, maybe homeless, by providing warm, comforting socks for them,“ said Amy Ward, administrative assistant at Greenpoint Technologies, which started the campaign in partnership with Red Door Cafe and Ministry. “So in the month of October we’re going to be collecting new socks that have been donated.” Ward didn’t come up with the name “Socktober” herself, she said; she heard it on a radio station out of town and thought something like that would go well in Moses Lake. Socks are one of the least-donated items needed by the homeless, but their value is more than just little tubes made of cloth, Red Door Operational Manager Codi Hochstatter said.