Residents of Stillwaters Estates in Centralia collected 1,273 pairs of socks in the third year of a drive to help local kids stay warm and cozy during the winter months.
In a news release, Immanuel Lutheran Church Kids’ Kloset volunteer Diane Jewell thanked the residents for collecting the donation.
Kids' Kloset is a clothing bank at Immanuel Lutheran Church. The ministry supplies new school clothes to students in kindergarten through high school in Lewis County.
Students can be referred by agencies such as The Salvation Army and the state Department of Social Work and Health Services, or local school counselors.
Kids' Kloset is supported by monetary donations from the Lewis County community and has been in operation since 1989. Thousands of school age children have been served during that time, according to a news release from the church.
For the last three years, Stillwaters Estates residents have been collecting socks for the annual "Sock It To Me" Drive.
The annual drive is coordinated by Jan Leth and Linda Haskell, both residents at Stillwaters Estates.
This year, residents donated 1,273 pairs of socks.
“This is amazing and much appreciated,” the news release stated. “All kinds of socks, ankle socks, knee socks, athletic socks and cozy socks were donated in all the colors of the rainbow!”
Kids' Kloset serves between 500 and 600 students per year. Each student receives three pairs of socks.
“So this is a wonderful donation and will go far to serve the children of our community,” the release stated. “The Sock It To Me Drive is such a blessing to all those little (and big) toes in Lewis County!”
Learn more online at https://ilccentralia.org/kids-kloset-4.
