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Would you like to sell Solmate Socks to raise money for your non-profit organization? We get excited about fund raising events for school and church groups, sports teams, art/music camps, and other worthy causes and special events.
If your organization is a 501(c)3, or other type of non-profit organization, Solmate Socks are an excellent way to raise money. For more information on our fundraising programs or to fill out an application, please contact us and we'd love to talk some more with you.
This picture was taken in Benin, Africa in April 2007. A church in South Strafford (where Solmate Socks is headquartered) spent a year raising money through sales of Solmate Socks, in order to fund the building of a cistern in this village.
One of the women in South Strafford had been a Peace Corps volunteer in that village many years ago, and she went back in 2005 to visit the families. She asked what they needed most. They said they needed water so the children could come to the village and attend school and not have to carry plastic containers of dirty water with them for drinking during the day. They also expressed a desire to establish an animal husbandry program and grow crops, all of which needed water. So the church set a goal of raising $5000, the estimated amount needed to fund the project. Instead, they raised $7000, which was enough to build the cistern as well as an adjacent building for washing hands, and enough to buy airline tickets for the former Peace Corps volunteer and another woman to go over there and supervise the project. They stayed there for about a month, which was the time it took to complete the project.
This project was a huge success and has had far reaching effects on the village and surrounding communities. We were honored to learn that on the dedication plaque on the cistern it thanks Solmate Socks for helping to make it possible.
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