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EGUSD students to present Socktoberfest donations to Salvation Army at sock collection event October 23, 2009 On Saturday, October 24 – National Make A Difference Day – elementary school students from the Elk Grove Unified School District will present a donation of socks collected during the first-ever Socktoberfest to The Salvation Army. During Socktoberfest, EGUSD elementary school students collected socks to help supplement donations distributed by The Salvation Army. Sock bins were placed at each of the schools until the end of the collection on October 23. The sock presentation on October 24 is the culmination of the first-ever Socktoberfest, a month-long sock collection drive held at seven EGUSD elementary schools –Arthur C. Butler, Foulks Ranch, Edna Batey, Stone Lake, Helen Carr Castello, Elk Grove and Barbara Comstock Morse. In addition to collecting socks, EGUSD service learning teachers created a curriculum for the students featuring Sock Sally, the sock puppet. Lessons covered mathematics, poetry and reading.
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