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Alexander’s Angels, where individuality is celebrated, held their annual World Down Syndrome Day Celebration on Saturday at the Roosevelt Field Mall and John’s Crazy Socks joined the festivities. John Cronin, co-founder of John’s Crazy Socks, spoke on the event theme, “With Us, Not for Us.” 
At John’s Crazy Socks, the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) is one of our most important charity partners. One way we support the National Down Syndrome Society is to donate a share of our Down syndrome-themed socks and products to support their work. John met with NDSS CEO and President Kandi Pickard last week to deliver our latest donation. 
John Cronin loves nothing more than getting dressed up and dancing for a good cause. Friday night found John attending the annual gala to support Gigi’s Playhouse – Long Island.
Friday evening, John Cronin donned his finest suit and best dancing shoes so he could join the Night to Shine Prom in Kershaw, South Carolina. John attended as a special guest so he could share inspiration, encouragement and happiness with the attendees.
On the seventh day of our 12 Days of Giving, John’s Crazy Socks is supporting the ACDS, a social service organization providing services across the lifespan to people with Down syndrome and other differing abilities. John Cronin, our co-founder, is an alumnus of their preschool program. For every order purchased on Wednesday, December 6, 2022, we will donate $1 to ACDS
On the second day of our 12 Days of Giving, John’s Crazy Socks is supporting a charity partner near and dear to our hearts: the LuMind IDSC Foundation. For every order we receive on Friday, December 2, 2022, we will donate $1 to LuMind.

Since the 1980s, October has been celebrated as Down Syndrome Awareness Month. At John’s Crazy Socks, we join the celebration by highlighting what people with Down syndrome can do. 

Our co-founder and inspiration, John Cronin, has Down syndrome. John will tell you, “I have Down syndrome, but Down syndrome never holds me back." 

The New York Stock Exchange invites leading companies to ring the closing bell at the end of the trading day and on Monday, August 8, John Cronin, Co-Founder of John’s Crazy Socks, stood with Rod Martin, CEO of Voya Financial, to ring the closing bell on behalf of the CEO Commission for Employment Disability as part of an ongoing effort to promote disability-inclusive employment.
Last Friday, John Cronin, co-founder of John’s Crazy Socks, traveled to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston to enroll in a medical research study examining the connection between people with Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease. 
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David Hirsch, director of the Special Father’s Network, has created a moving and insightful audiobook called Down Syndrome Stories. The book is based on the interviews conducted for the Special Fathers Network and features both an interview and a forward from Mark X. Cronin, the co-founder of John’s Crazy Socks.

John delivered another donation check today to ACDS to show his gratitude for how much ACDS did for him and so many other students with differing abilities.

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