Stoneham Holiday Sock Drive Now Underway

STONEHAM, MA — A holiday tradition is back in Stoneham this week in the form of the town’s annual sock drive.

The drive launched on Monday for its eighth consecutive year. It will run through Dec. 16. The Stoneham Council on Aging sponsors the sock drive in tandem with the Stoneham Senior Center.

The drive aims to provide “warm and whimsical” socks for Stoneham seniors in the holiday season, as described in a town announcement on Saturday.

Drive organizers are collecting socks via drop boxes at the following locations:

• Stoneham Town Clerk’s Office - 35 Central St.
• Stoneham High School - 149 Franklin St.
• South Elementary School - 7 Summer St.
• The Book Oasis - 311 Main St.
• Stoneham Police Department - 47 Central St.
• Central Middle School - 101 Central St.
• Colonial Park Elementary School - 30 Avalon Rd.
• UPS Store #4715 (Main Street) - 200 F Main St.
• Stoneham Senior Center - 136 Elm St.
• Robin Hood Elementary School - 70 Oak St.
• Stop & Shop - 259 Main St.

Organizers will deliver socks to recipients throughout the holidays.

While the sock drive will collect traditional tube socks for homeless shelter uses and others who need them, organizers this weekend also called for brightly colored, exciting socks that might make a recipient particularly happy.

See more on the sock drive here.