Warm Feet for Warriors

A: As many as you want! We have had donations ranging from 1 pair to over 3,000! Just please note– you are responsible for the cost of shipping the socks to the location you select from our database.

A: We ask that you do not deliver your socks to our San Antonio address unless that is the address you have selected from our database. Instead, you need to select a shipping address from our database and ship the socks to that address.

A: The short answer is no, please do not solicit donations (cash or in-kind items) from any major company. Here’s why: Soldiers’ Angels has created collection campaigns throughout the year as an opportunity for individuals, businesses, and organizations to come together and give back to our Service Members and Veterans. These collection campaigns are meant to be held in a way that general members of the public (ie, your friends, family, classmates, co-workers, etc.) can donate to the campaign. If you are hosting a collection, please do not solicit cash or in-kind donations from retailers, manufacturers, large corporations, or any other business entity. Due to the nature of those requests and the paperwork involved, solicitation of donations must come directly from Soldiers’ Angels. In most cases, we already have a relationship established with many of the major businesses. If you happen to have a connection at a retailer, manufacturer, large corporation, or other business entity that you think would be willing to donate cash or in-kind items to Soldiers’ Angels, please reach out to us and we would be happy to contact them. Email: [email protected]

A: You will choose from opportunities in our database to determine where your socks go. Then you will send your socks directly to the person or location who requested the socks. This could be a deployed Service Member, deployed Chaplain, VA Chief, or a leader at an active duty, Guard or Reserve installation.

A: As an Angel, you are welcome and encouraged to include (or continue including) socks in your care packages. However, we will not be able to count the socks in Angel care packages towards the Warm Feet for Warriors campaign total. BUT you are encouraged to pick up a sock opportunity for Warm Feet For Warriors and send socks to one of our deserving recipients! This may be a VA Medical Center, active duty installation, Guard/Reserve base, deployed Chaplain or a deployed Service Member. You can select the sock opportunity that is right for you, but remember, you will be collecting and shipping only socks!

A: Yes, in this case, we do request that the socks are brand new in their original packaging. Don’t get us wrong, we love the talent it takes to produce a pair of handmade socks– but those requesting the socks on the other end are most probably looking to receive store-bought socks.

A: It is not necessary, but you are welcome to include a quick note or card. We do ask that you please mark your box(es) Soldiers’ Angels Warm Feet for Warriors to ensure the recipient can connect them to the campaign.

A: You can buy any adult-size socks. We have Service Members and Veterans of all sizes and genders, so as long as they are adult socks, they will work. Also, there may be special notes in the opportunity you select in our database. For example, VA Hospitals may request special socks such as non-skid hospital socks vs. the athletic socks active duty and deployed may request.

A: As you will see on our Amazon Gift Registry, black or white is preferred, but really any color is fine! As we mentioned above, these socks are not meant to be used as uniform socks by our deployed Service Members. The Military has pretty strict regulations when it comes to military uniforms and every branch is different. However, even deployed have plenty of time out of uniform. These socks will be used by military Service Members for time out of uniform. For Veterans in hospitals, the color doesn’t matter at all, but hospitals require that patients have non-skid socks.

A: If you would like to receive a tax receipt for your donation from any store, online or not, including Amazon, you must fill out an intent to donate form after you place your order from that store. If the store you’re ordering from has an option to include your name and address on a gift receipt, please do that as well.

The intent to donate form and the gift receipt will help us match the donation to your name once we receive it. This will also mean that a tax receipt is generated once we match the donation. Unfortunately, if we cannot match an item we receive to an intent to donate form that was submitted, the item will be marked as an “Anonymous Donation” and we would not be able to issue a tax receipt for that item.

A: Volunteers will be able to see their in-kind donations on their volunteer dashboard.  We provide a donation letter you can download and attach to your in-kind donation history report from the dashboard to serve as your donation receipt.  For those donating through the Amazon Gift registry, please complete this Intent to Donate form so we can match it to the donation from Amazon when it arrives and ensure you get a donation receipt by mail.

A: Absolutely! We have a form specifically for donations to for Warm Feet for Warriors! Donate today and help us keep our Service Members and Veterans’ toes feeling toasty!