Indie88’s Socks for the Streets – Help us get 300,000 pairs of socks!
For the last six years, Indie88 and Socks 4 Souls Canada teamed up during the holiday season and collected thousands of socks from the good people of the GTA. This year, we want to do it again! Help us collect 300,000 pairs of socks for Toronto’s unhoused individuals.
Join Indie88 with Socks 4 Souls Canada on Friday, December 15th and Saturday, December 16th at Cadillac Fairview Mall as we host our 7th annual Socks for the Streets event. We’ll be broadcasting live all-day collecting your new, unused adult sock and monetary donations. We’ll be located by Guest Services on the second level near entrance 4.
Socks 4 Souls Canada is a primarily volunteer based organization that helps provide warmth, comfort and mobility by distributing new socks for Toronto’s unhoused population. According to a 2018 census, there are over 8,700 homeless individuals in the streets in Toronto. Nearly 20% of their medical ailments are related to poor foot care, which significantly impedes their ability to access food, shelter, and other social resources. Socks 4 Souls Canada procures both sock and monetary donations from school and workplace sock drive, corporations, businesses, and private citizens, and distributes them to agencies who work directly with those who are experiencing homelessness across southwestern Ontario. Click here to watch the Socks for The Streets Video.
How can you help us reach our holiday goal?
1. DONATE ONLINE OR TEXT
$5, $10, $25 or more and consider signing up for a monthly donation. $20 equals 40 pairs of socks.
Donate online HERE or text SOCKS to 20222 to make a $5.00 donation now.
2. DONATE NEW, UNUSED SOCKS (adult black or white athletic are best)
We have a number of drop off locations across the city. See below for a full list of drop off locations and details.
3. RUN A HOLIDAY SOCK DRIVE
Consider running a Holiday Sock Drive at work or with your group, school, or team. If you’d like to run a sock drive instead, visit our sock drive page.
Please note that we are unable to pick up socks. Please do not bring socks to our 2100 Bloor Street West address, but instead to one of our drop off locations below.
Drop Off Your Socks – Holiday 2023 Locations
Thank you to our Drop Off Location Partners!
Indie88 Offices
Liberty Village – 20 Hanna Ave, open Monday through Friday from 10am to 4:30pm
XYZ Storage – Accepting donations until December 31st, 2023
Toronto Downtown – 459 Eastern Ave.
Toronto Midtown – 1 Laird Dr.
Toronto West – 207 Weston Rd.
Scarborough – 135 Beechgrove Dr.
Etobicoke – 2256 Lake Shore Blvd W.
Leggat Chevrolet Buick GMC
Etobicoke – 360 Rexdale Blvd.
Kitchen Stuff Plus
Danforth & Pape – 583 Danforth Ave
Yonge & Eglinton – 2087 Yonge St
Eglinton & Laird – 835 Eglinton Ave E, Riocan Leaside Centre
Dufferin & Orfus – 76 Orfus Road
Etobicoke – Dundas & Hwy 427
Scarborough – Kennedy & Hwy 400 – 30-16 William Kitchen Rd
Woodbridge – Hwy 7 & 400 – 1400 – 200 Windflower Gate
Mississauga – Mavis & Britannia – 650 Matheson Blvd W
Mississauga – Erin Mills Parkway & Hwy 403 – 5100 Erin Mills Pkwy, Erin Mills Town Centre
Richmond Hill – Yonge & Hwy 407 – 8825 Yonge St
Concord – Hwy 400 & Rutherford – 1 Bass Pro Mills, Vaughan Mills
Markham – Woodbine & Hwy 7 – 3105 Highway 7 E
Georgian Chevrolet Buick GMC
Barrie – 65 Barrie View Dr.