THROUGHOUT PLACITA NEVADA AND ELDORADO COUNTIES FIND OUT MORE AND MAKE YOUR DONATION BY
VISITING ABC 10 DOT COM SLASH
STAND AGAINST HUNGER.
A FRESH PAIR OF CLEAN SOCKS CAN
MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE TO
THOSE IN NEED AND NOW THAT
WE'RE IN FOR A STRETCH OF COLD
WEATHER, OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY
MEMBERS REALLY NEED OUR HELP
MORE THAN EVER.
AMITIS POURARIAN IS WITH US
THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT FOUR
ANNUAL SOCK DRIVE.
HEY THERE MISSUS.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
AND THIS IS A WONDERFUL THING
YOU DO TO BENEFIT THE
COMMUNITY.
TELL US ABOUT THE SOCK DRIVE
AND WHO YOU'RE HELPING.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
ABSOLUTELY.
EVERY NOVEMBER WHAT WE DO IS WE
DO A SOFT DRIVE HERE AT THE
STUDIO MARTIAL ARTS AND FITNESS
IN HOPES OF COLLECTING AS MANY
SOCKS AS WE CAN TO GIVE TO OUR
HOMELESS POPULATION LOCALLY
HERE IN ROSEVILLE AND
SACRAMENTO THROUGHOUT.
>> THAT'S AWESOME THAT YOU'RE
COLLECTING SOCKS BECAUSE I MEAN
YEAH, A NICE WARM PAIR OF SOCKS
CAN GO A LONG WAY FOR SOME
OF THESE FOLKS.
IS THERE ANY REASON THAT YOU
JUST DO THE SOCKS?
WELL, WE DO SHORTS BECAUSE IT'S
ACTUALLY THE NUMBER ONE
REQUESTED ITEM AT THE HOMELESS
SHELTERS.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE
SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE MEETING
AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
AND THEN TYPICALLY IN DECEMBER
WE ALSO DO BLAESING BAGS WHERE
WE GIVE THEM BASIC ESSENTIALS
THAT THEY NEED AS WELL AS
REACES GLOVES AND THESE SOCKS
IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE HAVE AS
WELL.
SO THE SOCKS ARE THE NUMBER ONE
REQUESTED ITEMS THAT THE
SHELTERS.
WELL, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
>> AND I THINK IT'S GREAT AGAIN
THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS IN THE
COMMUNITY NOW.
WE SAW SOME PICTURES AND
EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT SOCKS.
IS THERE A SPECIFIC TYPE
OF SOCK KIND OF SOCK THAT
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?
DO YOU WANT ONES LIKE FUN
PRINCE OR I MEAN WHAT DO YOU
NEED?
NO, WHAT WE NEED MORE THAN
ANYTHING IS JUST CLEAN NEW
SOCKS.
>> NOBODY WANTS A DIRTY SOCK.
NOBODY WANTS YOU KNOW, WITH
HOLES IN THEM BRAND NEW SOCKS.
THE WARMER THE BETTER RIGHT NOW
ESPECIALLY FOR WINTER BECAUSE
WE DO DISTRIBUTE THESE DURING
WINTER TIME AND AND THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO HAND OUT
RIGHT NOW.
ALL RIGHT.
AND YOU ARE ALSO HOSTING AN
EVENT TO KIND OF INCENTIVIZE
GET MORE PEOPLE TO DO THE SOCK
DONATIONS.
THEY BRING A SOCK.
YOU'RE GONNA GIVE THEM A LITTLE
TREAT.
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?
>> YES.
THIS SATURDAY AT 950 WE'RE
GOING TO HOST A CARDIO KICKBOX
CLASS.
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT LIVE ON
SITE AS WELL ON ZOOP.
SO THOSE THAT TO WANT TO
PARTICIPATE BUT WANT TO DO IT
FROM HOME THEY CAN.
THE ONLY THING WE WERE A
REQUEST IS THAT THEY DONATE A
PAIR OF SOCKS AND WHEN THEY DO
THAT THEY GET THE CLASS 100
PERCENT FOR FREE AND IT'S ALSO
TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE NEED
TO HELP THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY
DURING THE HOLIDAYS AS WELL.
SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR
US.
AND WE HAVE A GREAT FACILITY
HERE BEHIND.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE BUT
WE HAVE LIKE A INDOOR OUTDOOR
SPACE HUGE STORE THAT OPENS UP
AND WE'LL BE HOSTING OUR CARDIO
KICKBOX SATURDAY AT NINE
FIFTEEN.
>> VERY GOOD.
SO WHEN PEOPLE TAKE THE CLASS I
MEAN YOU SAID YOU CAN DO IT
VIRTUALLY AS WELL.
SO WHERE SHOULD THEY BE
BRINGING THE SOCKS?
>> YES.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT
BECAUSE THEY CAN BRING IT
ANYTIME BEFORE SATURDAY OR
ACTUALLY IN FACT ANY TIME
BEFORE THANKSGIVING TO OUR
STUDIO AT EIGHTY TWO HUNDRED
COLLEGE BOULEVARD IN ROSEVILLE
OR ALSO OUR PARTNERS AT SUNRISE
NATURAL FOODS OR COLLECTING
STOCKS AS WELL SO THEY CAN TAKE
IT THE CENTER'S NATURAL FOODS
IN AUBURN AS WELL AS IN
ROSEVILLE OFF OF DOUGLAS AND
DONATE THE SOCKS OVER THERE.
EITHER WAY IT WORKS FOR US AS
LONG AS WE COLLECT AS MANY
SOCKS.
WHEN THEY COME TO THE EVENT ON
SATURDAY IF YOU'RE COMING ON
SITE WHERE SUPER FUNKY SOCKS
AND I MEAN FUNKY DESIGN FUNKY
IN THIS MAP.
RIGHT?
RIGHT.
RIGHT? RIGHT. THAT'S A GOOD DISTINCTION TO
MAKE.
I KNOW YOU DO THIS EVERY YEAR.
HOW MANY SOCKS HAVE YOU
COLLECTED?
YOU KNOW WE AVERAGE ABOUT
TWELVE HUNDRED PAIRS OF SOCKS A
YEAR.
THAT IS A LOT.
YEAH.
SO WE'VE DONE A CREDIBLE WITH
THIS RIGHT.
THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY, THE
STUDIO MEMBERS AND EVERYBODY
THAT WANTS TO REACH OUT AND
HELP THOSE IN NEED RIGHT NOW
DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
GREAT.
WELL, YOU KNOW HEY DONATE SOME
SOCKS, TAKE A CARDIO KICKBOX
CLASS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.