It’s “Sock It To Poverty” time!

Every year, the NSGEU Human Rights Committee organizes a campaign called “Sock It To Poverty”. From now until December 31st, 2025, we are asking you, if you are able, to set up a donation site at your workplace to collect new socks, mittens, and hats for an organization in your community.

Deadline for donations is December 31st. 

You can download a poster and tally sheet for your donation site by right-clicking on the images above and saving them.

Once you have collected your donations, please contact your Local President (if you don’t know who this is, please call the NSGEU) or your Regional Chair listed on the tally sheet. All donations collected in your region stay in your region and will be distributed through your Regional Council or your local.

Another option is to put forward a motion at your next local meeting for a donation from the local to the campaign. We use this money to do a bulk purchase of high quality socks from a local manufacturer (Stanfields) and they will be distributed to people in need in your region through your Regional Council.

If your local decides to donate to the campaign, please ask that the cheque be made payable to NSGEU and in the memo section-please put “Sock it to Poverty”.

If you take any photos of your Sock It To Poverty Donation Site, please forward them to the NSGEU Communications Officer at dslye@nsgeu.ca.

If you have any questions, please contact Sherry Dennis at sherry424@hotmail.com (Human Rights Committee Chair).

Thank you for your time and your energy on this important community campaign.

In solidarity,
NSGEU Human Rights Committee