For the past 22 years, John Cronin has competed in the Special Olympics. John is also the founder of John's Crazy Socks and to show his appreciation for the Special Olympics he has made them a charity partner for his company. This week, John delivered the quarterly donation check to the Special Olympics.
This past weekend, John Cronin, co-founder of John’s Crazy Socks and his friend and John’s Crazy Socks colleague, Andrew Oh, travelled to Ithaca, New York to compete in the New York Special Olympics 2023 Summer State Games.
On Saturday, hundreds of Special Olympic athletes from across Long Island gathered to compete in the annual spring games. John Cronin, co-founder of John’s Crazy Socks, and his fellow Sock Wrangler, Andrew Oh, competed in the track and field events while the John’s Crazy Socks Team staffed a booth at the Olympic Village where visitors could compete in games and win prizes.
John Cronin delivered another donation check to the Special Olympics on Wednesday on behalf of John's Crazy Socks. What makes this donation all the more sweet is that John is not only the co-founder of John’s Crazy Socks, but he is a Special Olympic athlete too.
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.
One way that John shows his gratitude to the Special Olympics is to donate money from his business to support the organization. Last week, John visited with Diane Colonna, the Vice President for Downstate Operations in for New York State Special Olympics to deliver a donation check.
The Special Olympics New York Spring Games came to Farmingdale, Long Island on Saturday May 21 and John’s Crazy Socks was out in force for the games. Our co-founder and Chief Happiness Officer, John Cronin, competed in three events as did our colleague Andrew Oh. And John’s Crazy Socks provided fun and games at the Olympic Village set up to entertain the athletes and guests between events.
John and his father and partner, Mark X. Cronin, served as the Masters of Ceremonies for the Opening Ceremonies on Friday night. John then competed in the snowshoe event on Saturday and he capped it off by joining his fellow athletes for a dance on Saturday evening as part of the closing ceremonies.
John Cronin, co-founder of John’s Crazy Socks, strapped on his snowshoes and competed in the first ever Special Olympics Snowshoe Competition on Long Island. Given the lack of snow on Long Island, the athletes raced on the sand at North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington, NY.