Princess Jackson

Founder Sock Out Poverty, Inc.

Sock Out Poverty was founded by Princess Jackson at the age of nine. She was passing out blankets to the homeless and realized they had shoes but no socks, and that is when Sock Out Poverty began. Sock Out Poverty, Inc. has donated over 9,000 pairs of socks to the homeless and different organizations in Houston, Beaumont, San Antonio and Dallas.

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