STOCKTON — The boxes continue to pile up at Hannah Ketcherside’s home in the Brookside area. Some are big, some are small, but all of them contain “white gold,” the young woman’s nickname for socks.
At this time of year, socks are valuable, and even more so to those who are homeless, to help them tolerate the elements and feel just a little more comfortable.
Ketcherside, a 2018 St. Mary’s High graduate, first organized a sock drive when she was 7 years old. Now 18, she continues to do so, balancing those duties as she studies accounting and plays for University of the Pacific women’s tennis team.