I grew up reading the SGV Tribune so it was a joy to see Maya and The Cozy Collection on the front page last December.
From the opening:
This thing with the socks all started in 2015 when Maya Aguilar was 6.
She and her mom, Angie Covarrubias Aguilar, were on their way from their home in Covina to a friend’s birthday party in late October. They passed a homeless man holding a sign.
That started the questions from Maya. Could she donate her money? How much? All of it.
Something else she wondered: “What about when it gets cold?”
After some research, they discovered that socks are among the most needed items by homeless people — but the least donated.
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