Christmas Day, 2020.
Our founder, Cherie Privet, set out with her husband Kevin on Christmas morning, 2020, to bring the love of Jesus to the most vulnerable in Collin and Dallas county with a simple pair of socks.
They started an Amazon wishlist thinking they would get a few packages of socks donated by their friends and family.
A few socks turned into hundreds, which turned in thousands…
They collected 9628 pairs of socks in 2021.
They invited their church and friends to hit the streets and Give Hope Through Socks, and created space for people to engage through donating, making “Hope Kits” with socks and hygiene items, and even participating in their first annual 5k race and fun run.
In 2021, Cherie saw the greater need for more resources to go to the most vulnerable. Through much prayer with family and friends, she followed the call to grow from socks to helping the housing challenged find stable housing.
Today you will find Cherie, Kevin and many of their friends hitting the streets to “Give Socks Through Hope”, creating relationships with their housing challenged friends. Each day comes with new beginnings as this new non-profit grows, centered around the values of being housing-first, client-centered, and transformational.
Whether they are on the streets or in a building, City Missions will continue to love the most vulnerable. We will strive to grow quickly with our amazing community, partners and other charitable organizations.