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John and Mark X. Cronin spoke to the entrepreneurship students at Long Island University – C.W. Post bringing their blend of inspiration, know-how and social entrepreneur strategy. John and Mark are the father and son team that co-founded John’s Crazy Socks, a social enterprise they have built into the world’s largest sock store.
March is National Disability Awareness Month, a time when we focus on promoting acceptance, inclusion, and accessibility for people with disabilities.
John and Mark travelled to the 1-800-Flowers world headquarters in Jericho, Long Island to meet Jim McCann and begin to find ways to collaborate. 
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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.
I am the Co-founder and Chief Happiness Officer at John’s Crazy Socks. People ask what I do so I thought I would share some of the things I do at work. It is Friday, so let me tell you about this week.
On the fourth day of our 12 Days of Giving, John’s Crazy Socks is supporting an organization near and dear to John’s heart: the Special Olympics. For every order we receive on Sunday, December 4, 2022, John’s Crazy socks will donate $1 to Special Olympics New York. 
John’s Crazy Socks is kicking off our 12 Days of Giving by supporting one of our favorite organizations: United Cerebral Palsy of Long Island (UCP-LI). For every order we receive on Thursday, December 1, we will donate $1 to UCP-LI.
At John's Crazy Socks, we recently added 15 seasonal colleagues for the holiday rush and 12 of them have a differing ability. We always pause to hand deliver first paychecks to our colleagues and turn that into a Company celebration. It makes people so happy.
This year, John's Crazy Socks added fifteen seasonal employees, twelve of whom have differing abilities. 
We call this Gratitude Week: an opportunity for us to thank our customers and community, to give back to them.
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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." 

Inclusion makes us a better business. It helps us recruit employees and, in a time, when many employers cannot find enough good workers, our commitment to inclusion measures we always have enough good applicants for our job openings.
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