Poverello receives 12,000 pairs of socks for Fresno homeless

Poverello House received about 12,000 pairs of socks for the homeless Tuesday as part of a donation of 60,000 pairs of socks from Save Mart Supermarkets, which includes Lucky and FoodMaxx stores.

Fresno is last to receive the items as part of “Giving Tuesday,” which was Dec. 1.

Socks also were delivered Dec. 1 to Modesto Gospel Mission in Modesto, Bay Area Rescue Mission in Richmond and HomeFirst Services of Santa Clara County in Milpitas, and Dec. 7 to Reno-Sparks Gospel Mission in Reno.

The socks will be given to the homeless served by the Poverello House, packaged as part of their warming kits.

This story was originally published December 8, 2015 at 2:59 PM with the headline "Poverello receives 12,000 pairs of socks for Fresno homeless."