Main Street Project is announcing its fifth annual Socktober campaign.
In anticipation of the coming winter months, we are asking for help in collecting 30,000 pairs of new donated socks during the month of October so that we can keep lots of pairs of feet dry, warm and healthy. (We are not accepting any used socks this year). Last year, we collected over 29,000 (!!!) pairs of socks, all thanks to generous Winnipeggers!
We have many different kinds of sock needs here at Main Street Project. From folks coming into Protective Care with nothing on their feet at all to our shelter community members needing a new pair of dry socks to people living in transitional housing needing new socks, we cover a wide range of needs of those we serve. People experiencing homelessness are at risk of developing serious feet health issues including infections, ulcers, ingrown toenails, and nerve damage due to diabetes. Being exposed to the elements can cause frostbite. In severe cases, foot health issues can lead to serious illness and amputation.
Many of the folks we see at MSP spend a lot of time on their feet, often walking several hours a day in ill-fitting shoes and they often don’t have access to a shower to clean their feet with the opportunity to change into clean dry socks. We want to do everything we can to help keep these folks healthy over the coming winter months by being able to provide clean dry socks.
How you can help
You can help us keep many pairs of feet warm, dry and healthy this winter by donating new socks. Try any of the following:
- Do a sock drive at your workplace
- Do a sock drive at your school
- Be a local sock drop off point for the city of Winnipeg
- Make a financial donation to MSP so we may buy socks
- Purchase socks from Main Street Project’s Amazon wish list. Donations are mailed directly to MSP!
- If you prefer to purchase socks locally, Wilderness Supply is a good local option.
- Walmart and Giant Tiger usually have good deals on packages of socks in larger quantities, such as 10 or 20 pairs
Download a Socktober poster to put up at your school or workplace
How to participate
Please email donations@mainstreetproject.ca to register for Socktober as a participating school, business or a local sock drop off point
Sock Donation Drop-off at MSP
Our donations centre is open from:
Mondays: 12:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. & Tuesdays & Wednesdays: 9:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Please come to 75 Martha in the courtyard area during these hours. Call 204-612-8274 and a volunteer will come to assist you with your donations. Please note that there will not be a volunteer onsite to help accept donations outside of these hours
Here is a list of local sock drop off points around the city of Winnipeg where you can drop off socks:
103.1 Virgin Radio – Ace Burpee Show – Quintex: 1445 Pembina Highway
Access Storage: 3101 Pembina Highway
Access Storage: 545 Hervo Street
Access Storage: 21 Lowson Crescent
Access Storage: 345 Higgins Avenue
Access Storage: 11 Paramount Road
Access Storage: 198 Archibald Street
Access Storage: 275 Gordon Avenue
Ashley Calder RMT: 883 Corydon Avenue
Assiniboine Credit Union: 100-223 Carlton Street
Creative Manitoba: 4th Floor, 290 McDermot Avenue
Creekside Physiotherapy: 633 Lodge Avenue
Core Centric: 10A-1700 Corydon Avenue
Fort Rouge Auto Centre: 680 Pembina Highway
Gymkyds Gymnastics Centre: 421 Beaverhill Boulevard
Jacobs Trading Ye Olde Rock Shop – 1600 Regent Avenue W
Maple Leaf Construction: 777 Erin Street
Northern Blower: 901 Regent Avenue West
Oh Doughnuts: 326 Broadway
Organic Planet: 877 Westminister Avenue
Osborne Florists: 565 1/2 Osborne Street
Pineridge Hollow: Lot 67086 Heatherdale Road, Oakbank
Poppie Clothing: 2-1724 Corydon Avenue
RIOT Cycle: 734 Osborne Street
Sookram’s Brewing Company: 479-B Warsaw Avenue
Souvenir Handmade: 290 McDermot Aenue, 4th Floor
Tenderloin Meat & Sausage: 1515 Main Street
TRUE Strength + Conditioning – 3501 McGillivray Boulevard
UMSU Service Centre – 101 UMSU University Centre – 65 Chancellor Circle
UpHouse Inc.: 705-70 Arthur Street
UWinnipeg Campus Sustainability Office: Richardson College for the Environment (RCFE) at 599 Portage Avenue
Vincent Design Inc.: 303-765 Main Street
Water Steel and Air Hair Salon: 970 Brazier Street
Western Financial Group: 2-680 St. Anne’s Road
Western Financial Group: 7-630 Kildare Avenue E
Wyatt Dowling Insurance: 138 Regent Avenue W
Wyatt Dowling Insurance: 4-801 Regent Avenue W
Wyatt Dowling Insurance: 401-1750 Plessis Road
Wyatt Dowling Insurance: 60-11 Reenders Drive
Wyatt Dowling Insurance: 16-1500 Dakota Street
Wyatt Dowling Insurance: 2-1649 Kenaston Boulevard
Wyatt Dowling Insurance: 101-50 Sage Creek Boulevard
Wyatt Dowling Insurance: 1027 St. James Street
Wyatt Dowling Insurance: 330-400 North Town Road
Wyatt Dowling Insurance: 5-1353 McPhillips Street
Wyatt Dowling Insurance: 1380 Waverley Street
Residential Addresses:
94 Bayview Drive
516 Victoria Avenue E
372 Truro Street
95 Glencairn Road
500 Strathnaver Ave., Selkirk, MB
