8-year-old school boy starts a charity to collect socks for the needy this winter
SANDTON – Eight-year-old Aaron Greenblatt started his own charity by collecting socks for the needy.
An eight-year-old school child from Montrose Primary School has started his own charity, collecting and distributing socks to the needy.
Aaron’s Rock Your Socks started on 28 March when Aaron Greenblatt read a story about a nine-year-old who was collecting shoes for the needy. Aaron asked how can you have shoes with no socks?
Lee Greenblatt, Aaron’s mother said, “This has had nothing to do with school. With our support, Aaron has essentially managed it himself.”
Lee said that his initial goal was to collect 1 000 pairs of socks but to date, he’s collected more than 7 000 pairs of socks.
Montrose Primary School is supporting him and will be holding a Sock Day to collect socks.
“We have donated to a wide range of charities and organisations who have made contact with us and one of Aaron’s favourite spots is Dukes Soccer Club from Alexandra Township,” said Lee. They hand out on a daily basis to needy people as they see them.
Aaron said he will continue with the project for the entire year and in summer they can collect school socks.
“I have lots of friends who have given me socks and my friend Maliyah from school came with me to give socks to babies. That was a lot of fun and she enjoyed herself,” he said.
On helping the less fortunate he said, “I feel happy and proud to help people and build my legacy like Montrose taught me but sometimes it makes me sad to see how people live.”
Aaron said that one of the biggest challenges he faces is not having enough time to go to all the handouts, so his mother sometimes delivers the socks for him. “We always need more and more socks!”
His highlights include handing out the socks, “I like helping people but mostly the babies.”
If you would like to donate to Aaron’s Rock Your Socks, email leegreenbl@gmail.com; 083 304 4440 or visit their Facebook page www.facebook.com/Aaronsrockyoursocks
