{"id":19455,"date":"2024-11-20T11:28:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T16:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=19455"},"modified":"2024-12-09T09:31:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T14:31:29","slug":"alpha-sigma-nu-to-hold-sock-drive-for-the-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2024\/11\/20\/alpha-sigma-nu-to-hold-sock-drive-for-the-homeless\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpha Sigma Nu to hold &#8220;Sock Drive&#8221; for the homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Mercy chapter of Alpha Sigma Nu, the National Jesuit Honor Society, is holding its annual &#8220;Sock Drive&#8221; for the homeless.<\/p>\n<p>One of the struggles of homeless people is taking care of their feet, especially in the winter. They need warm, dry socks, which are often hard to come by. You can help by donating socks to the Alpha Sigma Nu annual sock drive.<\/p>\n<p>This drive begins <strong>Tuesday, Nov. 19<\/strong> and runs through <strong>Monday, Dec. 16<\/strong>, the last day of class before exams. <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Look for signs and boxes for sock donations in the main lobby of the Chemistry Building, in the CHASS office in the Briggs Building, in the Commerce &amp; Finance Building, in the Student Center and on the second floor of the Dental School by the Special Functions Room.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Donated socks will be given to the Pope Francis Center and other programs for homeless people in the Detroit area.<\/p>\n<p>In the last two years, Alpha Sigma Nu has collected more than 1,200 pairs of socks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19459 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/11\/Sock-drive.png?resize=993%2C1290&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A flyer featuring a pair of socks and words that read, 'Sock drive Nov. 4-Dec. 6, 2023, Donate socks at the McNichols Campus Fitness Center, Briggs, Student Union, Chem Building, hosted by the Detroit Mercy Chapter of Alpha Sigma Nu.\" width=\"993\" height=\"1290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/11\/Sock-drive.png?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/11\/Sock-drive.png?w=368&amp;ssl=1 368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Mercy chapter of Alpha Sigma Nu, the National Jesuit Honor Society, is collecting new and gently used socks for homeless people to help them keep their feet warm and dry during the winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":19459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,4404],"tags":[1652,5678,5767,6228],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/11\/Sock-drive.png?fit=368%2C477&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-53N","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19455"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19455"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19772,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19455\/revisions\/19772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}