The Georgia Cotton Commission recently donated 12,000 pairs of socks to various homeless shelters across the state, on behalf of Georgia’s 3,500 cotton farming families.
Farmers delivered socks to Open Arms in Albany, Cordele First Church’s Soul Food Ministry, Lowndes Associated Ministries to People in Valdosta, The Haven in Lafayette, The Sparrow’s Nest in Athens, Ninth District Opportunity in Demorest, Macon Outreach at Mulberry, Atlanta Mission, CSRA EOA in Augusta, Southwest Georgia Housing Opportunities in Columbus, Okefenokee Alliance for the Homeless in Waycross, and the Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless.
Taylor Sills, executive director of the Georgia Cotton Commission, talked about the annual event that allowed Georgia’s cotton growers to give back to those in need.
“Every year since 2019 the Georgia Cotton Commission has hauled a pallet load of socks. This year we were at 84,000 pairs of socks donated. We take these across the state of Georgia to organizations that serve homeless people and homeless shelters directly as a way that farmers give back a portion of their harvests,” Sills said. “Farmers know first hand about hard times, there’s no doubt about it. Farmers know about resiliency. We’re proud to work with these organizations that offer assistance and resources and ministry to those in need in these communities.”
The Georgia Cotton Commission is a producer-funded organization located in Perry, Georgia. The Commission began in 1965. Georgia cotton producers pay an assessment enabling the Commission to invest in programs of research, promotion, and education on behalf of all cotton producers of Georgia. For more information about the Georgia Cotton Commission please call (478) 988-4235 or visit us on the web at www.georgiacottoncommission.org.
Source: Georgia Cotton Commission