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Woman-owned
startup
donates
5,000
pairs of
socks to
Detroiters
in need
DETROIT
-
President
of
Corporate52
Marketing
Group,
Temeria
Heard,
is
helping
Detroiters
stay
warm
this
winter
by
donating
5,000
pairs of
socks to
several
organizations.
“Socks
are the
most
requested
item
amongst
the
homeless
and a
pair of
dry
socks,
in this
winter
weather,
has so
many
health
benefits
for the
feet and
the body
as a
whole,”
said
Heard.
“It's
sad that
many
people
don't
have a
simple
pair of
clean
and dry
socks.”
Corporate52
Marketing
Group
provides
a wide
range of
innovative
promotional
items to
Detroit
companies,
such as
the
Detroit
Tigers.
In fact,
Heard
was the
first
African
American
woman in
Detroit
to
receive
the
Jackie
Robinson
“Most
Valuable
Diverse
Business
Partner”
award
from the
Detroit
Tigers.
Through
her
company,
Heard
produced
5,000
pairs of
cotton
socks;
fitted
for men,
women
and
children.
Socks
have
been
donated
to
University
Prep
Schools,
the
Capuchin
Soup
Kitchen
Service
Center,
Detroit’s
Afro
American
Mission
and We
Are One
Community
Unity
Inc.
Each
organization
was very
grateful
for
Heard’s
generosity.
A
kindergarten
class
from the
Ellen
Thompson
Elementary
School
even
wrote a
personalized
thank
you note
for the
entrepreneur.
Heard
hopes to
make her
sock
donation
an
annual
tradition;
adding
more
pairs
and
organizations
each
year.
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