Giving Back at John's Crazy Socks

Giving Back at John's Crazy Socks

Giving Back is an essential part of our mission at John’s Crazy Socks. Giving Back is baked into everything we do. The idea is simple: we do not believe it is enough to just sell things, we have to give back. Giving back is a way of saying thank you and expressing our gratitude. Giving back is a way to serve our community. Giving Back is an essential part of our social enterprise.

We Give Back in many ways:

• We pledge 5% of our earnings to the Special Olympics.
• We donate 5% from our Sock of the Month Club to the Special Olympics.
• We donate 10% from our awareness socks to our charity partners.
• We donate boxes of socks to non-profits to use in fundraising efforts such as auctions and raffles.
• We support local and selected charities with donations.
• We operate a Charity Fundraising Program to help non-profits raise money.

Giving Back to the Special Olympics

John and many of our colleagues are Special Olympic athletes and we see first-hand the many benefits of that organization. Without the Special Olympics, there would be no John’s Crazy Socks. John has learned many valuable skills and values through competing in the Special Olympics.

From the day we opened, we have pledged to donate 5% of our earnings to the Special Olympics. When we added our Sock of the Month offering, we committed 5% from the subscriptions to the Special Olympics. Thus, every time you purchase a subscription to the Sock of the Month, you are making a donation to the Special Olympics.

We have created special socks that both celebrate the Special Olympics and raise money for them.

• Polar Plunge Socks: John does a Polar Plunge every year to support the Special Olympics and we created Polar Plunge Socks both to celebrate the Polar Plunges, but also to raise money. We donate 10% from the sale of those socks to the Special Olympics.
• Shark Socks: John plays basketball and competes in track and field with the Commack Sharks. He loves that team so much that John designed Shark Socks and we donate 10% from the sale of those shark socks to the Special Olympics.

Beyond these donations, John and John’s Crazy Socks does all we can to support the Special Olympics:

• Polar Plunge: Each year, we enter a team in the Polar Plunge to raise money for the Special Olympics and have raised thousands of dollars through those efforts.
• Giving Tuesday: On Giving Tuesday, we donate $1 for every order placed with John’s Crazy Socks to the Special Olympics.
• Donations of Gift Boxes: We donate boxes of socks for auctions and raffles that the Special Olympics uses to raise money.
• Custom Products: We have made custom socks and masks for the Special Olympics that they have re-sold as fundraisers or used as incentives for donors.
• Supporting Fundraisers: John has assisted at many special Olympic fundraisers and gotten onstage to help raise money. At John's Crazy Socks, we use our social media and email list to promote special Olympic fundraiser events.

All of these efforts with the Special Olympics are a crucial part of our Giving Back program.

Awareness Socks: Socks that Give Back

We have created a growing list of socks and masks that support certain causes and raise money for those causes. We donate 10% from the sales of these socks to a charity partner.

The first of these socks that we introduced were our Down Syndrome Awareness Socks. John designed these socks and they celebrate people with Down syndrome. The Socks also raised money to support Down syndrome causes. We donate 10% from the sale of these socks two the National Down Syndrome Society and a local group ACDS that operates schools and social programs for people with Down syndrome.  

Here is the list of Awareness Items that raise money for our charity partners:

Donating Boxes of Socks to Support Charitable Efforts

We receive many requests for donations. Because we have committed such a significant portion of our revenue to our charity partners, we are not able to make additional cash donations. However, we do support groups by donating boxes of socks that they can use to raise money through raffles and auctions.

We have received very positive feedback from organizations to whom we have donated boxes of socks. They report that these donations are among the most sought after items in their auctions. That makes us very happy.

Because these items have become so popular, we receive many, many requests. In some months, we have received over 1,000 requests to donate a box of socks. Obviously, we cannot meet that demand. We send out a certain number of boxes each month and while we would like to support many causes, we focus on supporting organizations that work with people with differing abilities.

You can learn more about this donation program and make a request for a donation by clicking here.

If you have questions or comments about our Giving Back Program, please email us at service@johnscrazysocks.com.