Sock savants, champions of collective change or anyone who needs no excuse to get funky for a good cause, get ready to sock and roll because Funky Sock Day is on the way!
South Africa (31 July 2024) — Whether you’re a sock savant or a lover of getting funky for a good cause, a big day is just around the corner for South Africa: Funky Sock Day!
What is Funky Sock Day?
Every year, Funky Sock Day stands out on the calendar as the kind of day when something as simple as a pair of socks, stickers, or both can make a massive difference for the children of South Africa.
FSD is a nationwide initiative that aims to unite South Africans through the love of small acts for a big cause in a collective effort to raise funds to support our youngest and most vulnerable South Africans.
With Breadline Africa at the helm of the ship of this initiative, FSD plays a big role in helping children across the country get the early childhood development resources they need. Last year, R 1-million was raised which helped build pre-schools and improve early childhood education and development in the Western Cape, Gauteng and the Eastern Cape!
Why Early Childhood Development and Education?
Because so much of a child’s brain develops in their formative years, the care they receive before the age of 5 is essential to their cognitive, social and emotional growth. For vulnerable children from impoverished communities however, this often requires intervention, which is exactly where Funky Socks Day steps in.
Switching Things Up
Building on the success of last year, this year’s aim is to get even funkier and fundraise even more to reach children across the whole country and even in Namibia by providing resource-rich educational school packs, supporting the children in the schools built and beyond.
How to Get Involved
For every million rand raised, Breadline Africa can help fifty local pre-schools in need. All it takes is buying an R10 sticker from PNA and wearing your funkiest socks on Funky Sock Day, penciled in for 13 September. Tell your friends, your neighbours, your friend’s neighbours, and your neighbour’s friends!
Feel free to jazz your socks up as much as you’d like, but don’t forget to make those stickers count.
The Sock Doctor has pledged to contribute 100% of the sales from two specific designs in their range to Breadline, with 3000 pairs available—so keep an eye out while getting your stickers.
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