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John and Mark X Cronin, the co-founders of John's Crazy Socks, spent Wednesday on Capitol Hill meeting with members of Congress and their staff to advocate for the economic rights of people with differing abilities. They were part of a group of leaders from the CEO Commission on Disability Employment that addressed issues including the sub-minimum wage and the marriage penalty faced by working people with a disability. 
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Socks from John’s Crazy Socks can now be found in retail stores across the USA and one of those stores is called Needful Things in Camden South Carolina
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July is Disability Awareness Month and John’s Crazy Socks is marking the occasion with our Awareness Socks that celebrate people with differing abilities. For the first time, our Awareness Socks are available in retail stores. You can find them nationwide in boutiques, clothing stores, gift shops and mom and pop shops, as well as select Kohl's stores nationwide. 

People wear crazy socks to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day and this year, John’s Crazy Socks is working with Down Syndrome International and the National Down Syndrome Society to create socks for World Down Syndrome Day 2024.

Together with DSi and the NDSS, John's Crazy Socks is holding a sock design contest where people with Down syndrome and their families can submit designs.

Next week, John and Mark X. Cronin, co-founders of John’s Crazy Socks, will travel to Capitol Hill as part of the CEO Commission on Disability Employment to press for the elimination of the subminimum wage. 
John and Mark X. Cronin, the father-son co-founders of John’s Crazy Socks, traveled to Longview, Washington to kick off the “Together We Can” conference sponsored by Life Works (The Arc of Cowlitz County). The pair then led two breakout sessions on increasing employment for people with differing abilities. 
John has been fortunate with a lot of media coverage and social media exposure. As a result, people recognize John and his great big smile. And John loves it. John is so grateful for our customers because they make everything possible.
John Cronin loves the people at Good Samaritan University Hospital and has been working with them and supporting their mission for years. Now he has another connection with the hospital: the Gift Shop at Good Samaritan is carrying socks from John’s Crazy socks in their store. 
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John Cronin, co-founder and Chief Happiness Officer at John’s Crazy Socks, had great fun delivering a beautiful set of custom socks for Cally Farms to his friends Steve and Heidi Distante.
At John’s Crazy Socks, we love socks and we love people who love socks. We’ve created a Sock Design Contest for socks lovers. Share your design and you can win $1,000 and have John make your socks. 
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John Cronin, co-founder of John’s Crazy Socks, is a tireless advocate for people with Down syndrome and all people with differing abilities. John took time today to thank New York Assemblyman Steve Stern for his support for people with differing abilities by presenting the Assembly with a Certificate of Appreciation from John’s Crazy Socks. 
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