Christian Family Radio collecting socks for seniors
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – As the leaves turn their colors and start to fall off, many are getting ready to do their holiday shopping.
This season, Christian Family Radio is asking that you remember some of those who might be unable to celebrate this year.
For the 16th year, CFR is holding its Socks for Seniors sock drive in an effort to collect as many socks as they can and distribute them to seniors all over the community.
The tradition took inspiration from a radio station in Ohio that carried out a similar program and brought it to Kentucky. And for those who many not be able to get out much during the holiday season, a pair of socks can mean so much.
“That is the most joyful, bright, festive time of the year. And a lot of times we forget that there are some who can’t get out to the festivals, or they can’t get to the church or wherever it is. So we want to make sure that we’re going in, we’re coming to them and we’re looking them eye to eye and letting them know that they are loved,” said Miranda Bishop, the communications coordinator with Christian Family Radio.
But it’s not just seniors that benefit from drive.
If pairs of socks are still left over, they are donated to the unhoused population to help them get through some tough times.
“Just a couple years ago, I had a lady who walked in, and she had tears streaming down her face, and she was saying, it is so important for me to give these socks to you today. And I was able to hear her story that she had found herself in a time of homelessness, and she actually got a pair of socks from our socks for seniors box, and she said that it carried her to her next interview. And here she stood before me, being able to donate back to the community that had given to her,” Bishop shared.
CFR also added something new this year. You can print out and design your own Christmas cards to send with your socks.
If you would like to donate, you can drop off pairs of socks now until Dec. 4 at the Christian family radio station.
