Sections Community Service Programs
Hannibal Heredia
Hedgepeth, Heredia & Rieder LLC
[email protected]
The story begins in 2015 when the now
chair of the Family Law Section, Rachel
Miller, suggested we campaign for new
socks and new underwear for one of the
clothing drives/missions in Atlanta. The
reason being is that is these groups only
provide new socks and new underwear
to the people they need and therefore
there is always need. They do not take
used socks or underwear. I thought it
was a great idea and suggested that the
campaign be called Sox in a Box. While
we did not do the campaign during that
fiscal year, we ran the campaign during
my tenure as Chair, 2016-2017.
We chose Threads. Threads, located in
Midtown Atlanta is a volunteer ministry
driven by a desire to provide children
in need with clean, well-fitting clothes
and footwear.
The physical location is very much like
a clothing boutique–they really want
to provide the clothing that preserves
the children's dignity. Their location,
the agencies that refer them clients,
and their mission statement is why we
selected Threads. (As far as community
impact and where the donations go–
their web site sets that out).
I personally and in a very simplistic,
some say childlike manner, decorated
Photography
by Neal that
Patton
the box in
the photo. I carried
box
to every breakfast, luncheon and event
we put on last year. We actively market-
ed the campaign through email blasts.
I began receiving mostly through the
mail packages every week of mostly
socks. It was always bittersweet when
the Amazon package addressed to me
was not actually for me. AVLF started
an in house campaign to add to the Sox
in a Box Campaign.
In the end, we had three copy boxes
and one trash bag of new socks and
underwear to present to Threads.
22 October 2017
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