Marquette/Negaunee/Ishpeming – Marquette Alternative High School, Marquette Senior High School, Bothwell Middle School, Graveraet School, Nice Community Schools, Westwood High School, Negaunee High School, Ishpeming High School, North Star Academy, NMU Student Social Work Organization, UP Catholic Credit Union (all 3 branches) Select Realty of Marquette, Wattsson and Wattsson Jewelers and Swick Home Services are teaming up to “Rock the Socks” from Monday, December 11 through Friday, December 15 throughout the local area.
The goal for this event is to collect socks for the homeless and less fortunate in our community. Socks can be dropped off at all the schools and businesses listed. Socks collected will be donated to places like St. Vincent DePauls, Janzen House, The Women’s Center, Harbor House, Room at the Inn, and more.
Toss the Socks will be held on Tuesday, December 12 at the MSHS Boys’ Basketball game. The game begins at 7:15 p.m. and the socks will be tossed during half-time. Toss the Socks will be held again on Thursday, December 14 at the MSHS Boy’s Hockey game. The game starts at 7 p.m. and the socks will be tossed during the first intermission.
For more information, contact Cynthia DePetro at 360-2078 or email cdepetro@mapsnet.org.
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