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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.” 
On Friday, Adelphi University’s Robert B. Willumstad School of Business's (WSB) Business Plan Competition awarded $11,000 in prize money to recognize student entrepreneurs. John and Mark X. Cronin from John’s Crazy Socks served as judges for the contest for the second consecutive year.
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.
John and Mark X. Cronin, the father and son team that co-founded John’s Crazy Socks, brought their message of hope and entrepreneurship to the students at the Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University. 
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John and Mark X. Cronin, co-founders of John’s Crazy Socks, brought inspiration and hands-on know-how to the students in the West Hempstead High School Fashion Program.
Event organizers always feel pressure to find speakers who will deliver the goods. Lindsay turned to John and Mark X. Cronin, the father-son team that co-founded John’s Crazy Socks. The pair are keynote speakers who have brought crowds from conferences and corporate events to their feet and left them laughing and cheering.
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John Cronin, co-founder of John’s Crazy Socks and award-winning entrepreneur with Down Syndrome, and his father and co-founder, Mark X. Cronin, recently visited the Lexington School for the Deaf to give an inspirational presentation and unveil their “I Love You” American Sign Language socks. The Company will donate 10 percent from the sales of those socks to the Lexington School for the Deaf.
At John’s Crazy Socks, part of our mission is to show what people with differing abilities can do. Part of that effort means we speak to people with differing abilities and their families about finding meaningful work. We want them to know that there are opportunities for them to work and how we need them to work. That commitment led us to speak with the Special Education Parent Teacher Association (SEPTA) in the Massapequa School District.
Kim and the Sleepy Coffee Too team held a fundraiser on World Down Syndrome Day and the event featured a talk from John and Mark X. Cronin of John’s Crazy Socks. Supporters packed the room at J.P. Doyles restaurant to help Sleepy Coffee Too get off the ground and to hear the Cronins speak.
On Monday, John Cronin, co-founder of John’s Crazy Socks, had a day he will remember for the rest of his life. The New York State Legislature took time on World Down Syndrome Day to pass a resolution celebrating John and John’s Crazy Socks. 
John Cronin is on a mission to spread happiness and he did just that in his visit to Washington Drive Primary School in Centerport, New York. John brought pure joy when he visited the students in Ms. Kelly Lewis’s special education classroom. John told his story, danced and shared hugs with the students.
This afternoon, John and Mark X. Cronin, co-founders of John’s Crazy Socks, spoke to staff and clients at the Pike County Development Center in Milford, Pennsylvania. The father-son entrepreneurs inspired the students and offered hope that there are jobs waiting for the students. 
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