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Publishing date: Mar 02, 2021 • March 2, 2021 • 3 minute read • Ruth Estwick, foreground, holds one of many kits of clothing and toiletries she organized for visitors to the warming centre Monday. Behind her from left were Deputy Fire Chief Paul Patry, 20K Sock Day volunteer Wayne Hunter, Coun. Garnet Thompson, Hastings County s Jamie Lynne Osmond and Grace Inn s Christine Wollerman.
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Organizers of Belleville’s warming centre and staff of the Grace Inn shelter are clarifying the best way for the public to help support the city’s warming centre.
While the public desire to help is heartening, those overseeing the centre and donations to it say not all donations can be accepted.
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A Belleville-based charitable effort is socking it to the effects of poverty and the pandemic.
It’s called 20K Sock Day, and participants in the latest campaign made 169,757 donations of socks and other items to causes across Canada. That’s more than double the number of items collected last year.
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The program is organized by the partners in We Be Us Community, a Belleville-based clothing company.
Phil Kerr and Nick Foley founded both the company and 20K Sock Day in November 2018. Belleville’s Emilie Leneveu joined each initiative in 2020.
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