Gloucester church collects hundreds of socks, underwear for struggling families
By Adam Sennott Globe Correspondent,Updated May 2, 2021, 1 hour ago
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Generous residents and businesses from throughout Massachusetts donated hundreds of pairs of socks and underwear to a collection drive organized last month by a Gloucester church to help families on Cape Ann struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Donations came from as far away as Lowell and Worcester, to as close a small business in Rockport and a resident of a group home in Gloucester. In all, 424 pairs of socks, 345 pieces of underwear and more than $550 were donated to the drive organized by the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church.
Gloucester church partners with local stores to collect socks and underwear for Cape Ann families in need
By Adam Sennott Globe Correspondent,Updated April 4, 2021, 4:36 p.m.
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socks and underwear for families struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic.
The church organized drop boxes for underwear and sock donations at Nelsonâs of Gloucester and the John Tarr Store, which is in Rockport, the organization said.
The stores are offering a âbuy-one, get half-offâ pricing promotion on socks and underwear. âWhen money is tight in pandemic times, these essentials can sadly fall to the bottom of the list,â the church said in a flyer advertising the drive.