LIFT23 & Summit Ski and Snowboard Donate 1,900 Pairs of Socks to Cradles to Crayons®

May 3, 2017

Brighton, MA : Lift 23 Corp. is pleased to announce that in conjunction with its retail partner Summit Ski and Snowboard (located in Framingham, MA), it donated 1,900 pairs of LIFT23-designed socks to Cradles to Crayons. Ed Del Guercio, LIFT23’s President and Founder, personally delivered the socks to Cradles to Crayons.

LIFT23 is a premium sock company that donates a pair of socks—one of the most requested and least donated items—to children in need for every pair of ski/snow socks it sells. Originally conceived to provide socks to the more than 23,000 homeless children in New York City shelters, LIFT23 has partnered with key retailers to expand sock donations to more cities where LIFT23 socks are sold.

Cradles to Crayons provides children— birth through age 12 living in homeless or low-income situations in Greater Boston, Greater Philadelphia, and Chicago with the essential items they need to thrive—at home, at school, and at play. They supply these items free of charge by engaging and connecting communities of abundance with communities that need.

“LIFT23 and Summit Ski and Snowboard’s generous donation of socks helps us further our mission and supports local kids by fulfilling some of a child’s critical basic needs,” said Michael Scottberg, Procurement and Inventory Control Associate at Cradles to Crayons.

“Our mission is to serve kids in need,” stated LIFT23 Founder Ed Del Guercio. “We are grateful for this opportunity to partner with Summit Ski and Snowboard to help fulfill that mission.”

“We are thrilled to partner with LIFT23 again to help the community by donating socks to an amazing and impactful organization like Cradles to Crayons,” said Leah Schiavoni, Summit Ski and Snowboard owner.

About Lift 23

LIFT23 is a premium performance sock company with a social mission. LIFT23 donates a pair of socks to a homeless child for every pair of ski/snow socks it sells, and also supports campaigns and organizations that serve people in need.

About Cradles to Crayons

Cradles to Crayons launched in 2002 and has operations in Boston, Philadelphia, and Chicago. The nonprofit provides children from birth through age 12 living in homeless or low-income situations with the essential items they need to thrive—at home, at school, and at play. They supply these items free of charge by engaging and connecting communities that have with communities that need. Cradles to Crayons mobilizes communities of plenty on behalf of communities of need, recycling and reusing high-quality children’s goods and engaging thousands of youth and adults in tangible service activities each year that benefit local children. For more information, please visit www.cradlestocrayons.org.