JERSEY CITY AND BEYOND – At behest of County Prep High School student Jeremy Garriga, Jersey City has agreed to install bins in three municipal buildings to collect socks for the homeless.
After making a presentation before the Jersey City Council, Garriga, 15, was able to persuade the city to put up temporary collection bins in City Hall (280 Grove St.), the Dept. of Health and Human Services (1 Journal Square Plaza), and the Dept. of Public Works (Public Works Complex, 575 Route 440) for the ‘Soxcess’ sock drive. Other bin locations may be added later.
Garriga is asking the community to deposit one or two pairs of new – emphasis on new – winter socks to the bins. Donations will be collected over the next three weeks and will be delivered to homeless shelters in Jersey City and Hoboken in time for Christmas.
Garriga has also launched a Soxcess drive at his high school. – E. Assata Wright