Community Cafe Bainbridge

City of Bainbridge Island is donating socks to the homeless (CAFE-053)

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In this 18-minute community podcast for this holiday season of generosity, we meet a high school student leader, a City employee and a street ministry volunteer who have made it easy for you to donate dry, clean, warm socks to the nearby homeless folks who need them in this wintry weather. Their "Boxes of Socks" donation program enables you to bring socks -- either new or freshly laundered -- to metal drop-off boxes that look like blue newspaper stands in numerous locations like: Bainbridge Island City Hall the Bainbridge ferry terminal Island Fitness, south of City Hall Wildernest, on Winslow Way Buckley & Buckley Real Estate, in Winslow Green, or Harley-Davidson in Silverdale The idea was hatched during a recent conversation between the City's Communications Manager Kellie Stickney and Steve Rhoads. As you'll hear on this podcast, Steve is a competitive cyclist and local volunteer for fundraising for good causes like Helpline House and Housing Resources Bainbridge. Steve has ministered to street peopl