Shoe and sock drive collected 1,746 shoes and 5,773 socks
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The county’s agenda for Planning Commission, Feb 18, 2021
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The county’s minutes for Planning Commission, Feb 18, 2021
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We have collected for shoes 1,746 shoes, thank you. And for socks, 5,773 pairs of socks. This year with COVID, we really debated do we do this or do we or do we not do this? And it was determined that by golly, this is a year that families need this more than ever. So we continued. A little bit different this year. Had Duncan Donitz join us, so it was a huge deal for us to have Duncan Donitz join us. We want to say thank you
and the amazing team that we have, including our constitutional officers. So this has been a challenge, but we pulled it off.
This year, you know, we were able to partner with uh the firefighter charities of Pasco to collect all the funds directly from the firefighters themselves, and then they and their group went out and actually bought all the shoes. So and the socks that that went into the campaign. So
employees, like I say, do a great job, and the campaign is a great campaign. And the outpouring of goodwill from our businesses and from our citizens giving these shoes to these kids. So I think it's just a great thing for Pasco County.
By doing something as simple as organizing an event to come up with socks and shoes to take that distraction away and it sets just one child up for success. Well then it's worth it.
you know, it means a lot to me to see all those groups pull together to fill what we saw was an unmet need four, five, six years ago when this started, right? And to now see it growing to to to where it is today just uh really uh you know, fills your heart with pride and makes you feel good about the team and what we're doing here.
Well I'll tell you Pasco County's got a great history of being per capita the most generous county in on in in the USA. Uh I think our employees just emulate that and carry that forward. To provide that feeling to a student, just thank you.
And you see it in their smiles, you see it in like they have an extra pep in their stab and they're just like really happy.
We could not have done what we've done for the past couple of years without two good souls.