(North
Bergen, NJ—December 18, 2017) High Tech students and staff have collected over 1,500
pairs of socks to benefit the Hoboken Shelter, courtesy of the school’s eighth
annual Sock Drive, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech
High School.
Spearheaded by veteran
High Tech Language Arts teacher Robert Dillon, This year’s Sock Drive for the
Hoboken Shelter surpassed last year’s tally by nearly 700 pairs. The High Tech Sock Drive began during the
week of Thanksgiving and ended during the week before the holiday break.
The first year that
High Tech started its Sock Drive, Dillon and volunteers had collected just over
100 pairs from students and staff. Since
then, each Sock Drive tally has surpassed the previous year’s tally.
“According to the
Hoboken Shelter, socks are the number one item that the homeless are in need of,”
Dillon acknowledges. “I don’t look at
[the Sock Drive] as the High Tech family collecting 1,500 pairs of socks; I
look at it in terms of the High Tech family helping 1,500 people in need.”
Everybody knows of the
importance of having warm, dry feet, and thanks to Dillon and the generosity of
the High Tech family, some needy people will know this luxury that most of us
take for granted.
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| The High Tech family collected over 1,500 pairs of socks this year |
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| They'll be many more smiling faces once these gifts reach the Hoboken Shelter |
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| Mr. Robert Dillon, Organizer of the High Tech Sock Drive |
