MONROE — Parishioners of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, working with the local Knights of Columbus council, donated hundreds of pairs of new socks during a “Sock Tober” collection last month.
Father Benjamin Roberts, pastor, suggested the collection. Years ago he volunteered at a soup kitchen in Chicago and noticed there was a great need for new socks to provide to the homeless.
Pictured (from left) are Our Lady of Lourdes Grand Knight Gene Bausinger, Father Roberts and Andrew Jones, a Knight of Columbus from St. Mark Church in Huntersville who helped organize and distribute the donations.
— SueAnn Howell, senior reporter