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Emergency services spread some warmth To Us drive kickoff at Kingston tstaff ord@metroland.com Police Headquarters. "So I fired an email off to these News - Thousands of people fine gentlemen, because we meet throughout Kingston and Fron- regularly and talk about issues tenac County find themselves in within our city and the county, need of the services provided by and they were all for it!" Those gentlemen he referred to food banks and other supports on an annual basis, and clean, warm are Shawn Armstrong, Chief of socks are not excluded from the Kingston Fire and Rescue, and list of things that can help those in Gilles Larochelle, Chief of Kingsneed - in fact, socks are often one ton Police, both of whom were of the most overlooked donated more than pleased to band together with the fellow first responders items. With that in mind, those with to support SOCKS Kingston. "It's great to be part of it! We Frontenac Paramedic Services, Kingston Fire and Rescue and all work together and we're all at Kingston Police are all coming to- the same calls, so we thought this gether for a weeklong sock drive in would be a great way to support it." said Armstrong of the SOCKS support of SOCKS Kingston. 'SOCK It To Us' will take place Kingston campaign, which was from Sunday, Feb. 19 to Saturday, started in Kingston and the area Feb. 25, and will see all three of by Michelle Hiebert in the fall of the emergency services organiza- 2016. SOCKS Kingston has over a tions run internal sock drives to dozen collection stations throughamass as many pairs of brand- out the area where the public can new socks as possible. At the same donate new socks, and the donated time, Kingston Police and the socks are distributed to 10 local County of Frontenac will both social service providers, includhave donation boxes in their front ing the Partners in Mission Food lobbies, and the public is encour- Bank and a number of shelters. "It's about supporting a good aged to drop off new socks for the cause, and it's about supporting cause. "This kind of hit home with me each other as front line services," because, we, as caregivers, as para- said Larochelle. "This one is a fun [project], medics, we often pick up people off the street, and often they don't and hopefully we can give some have a coat and that, but who ever warmth to people who deserve it." To find out more about SOCKS (Left to right) Shawn Armstrong, chief of Kingston Fire and Rescue, thought about the socks, though?" expressed Paul Charbonneau, Kingston, and where you can do- Gilles Larochelle, chief of Kingston Police and Paul Charbonneau, Chief of Frontenac Paramedic nate socks, visit www.facebook. chief of Frontenac Paramedic Services show off some fancy socks. Services, on hand at the SOCK It com/sockskingston. Tori Stafford/Metroland BY TORI STAFFORD
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