The Fargo Police Department will compete against the West Fargo Police Department, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office and other local law enforcement agencies in the 6th annual “Golden Drive Sock Drive” to help collect warm socks for area homeless kids.
This friendly competition will begin Sunday, Oct. 1. Individuals interested in donating socks in support of their favorite law enforcement agency will have until Saturday, Nov. 4. Socks must be new, and all sizes are accepted.
The Fargo Police Department will have a sock donation box available in the main lobby of FPD Headquarters at 105 25th St. N. The lobby is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. and from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Additional sock donation sites can be found on the Golden Drive Homeless Kids Facebook page.
Last year, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office took home the traveling trophy for collecting the most pairs of socks. The winner of this year’s sock drive will be announced on Friday, Dec. 15, as part of the Golden Drive’s “Fill the Fire Boot” event scheduled from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. at the West Fargo Fire Department at 106 1st St. in West Fargo.
The sock drive is organized by Golden Drive Homeless Kids, a 501c3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to raise awareness about homelessness faced by kids in Fargo and surrounding communities.