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Blog 6 – Claudia Goes to London

September 19, 2018
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Matt’s Blog #1 - College: The Final(s) Frontier

Matthew Carvajal is young man with Asperger’s syndrome, a condition on the Autism spectrum. Matt, a Sock Wrangler and Sock Scriber at John’s Crazy Socks, is an essential team member working to spread happiness and show every day what is possible when you give a person a chance. Matt is going to college for the first time and sharing his experience, so others can learn of the challenges someone with Asperger’s faces and inspire others to know that they are not alone.

September 18, 2018
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Introducing the John’s Crazy Socks Autism Can Do Scholarship

As part of its Giving Back Program and its mission to show what people can do when given a chance, John’s Crazy Socks is sponsoring an Autism Can Do Scholarship. This program will present a $3,000 scholarship to as person on the autism spectrum in the United States to use at a college or trade school.

John’s Crazy Socks works every day to show what is possible when you give someone a chance. Many of our colleagues are on the autism spectrum and they do extraordinary work. We are committed to supporting people on the autism spectrum. That’s why we are proud to announce that John’s Crazy Socks is sponsoring an Autism Can Do Scholarship.

September 14, 2018
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John’s Crazy Socks to Hold a Recruiting Day at the Huntington Opportunity Resource Center

September 10, 2018
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Blog 5 - Claudia Connects With Other Stroke Survivors

Claudia Fortunato-Napolitano is the Happiness Hero at John’s Crazy Socks. While still a young woman (Claudia is only 35), she suffered a major stroke in January 2017. Claudia is an essential team member at John’s Crazy socks working to spread happiness and show every day what is possible when you give a person a chance. Claudia is sharing her recovery in this blog, so others can learn off the challenges facing stroke recovery patients and people in recovery can take strength and inspiration from knowing they are not alone. I write this blog in the hope that my experiences, may offer hope and inspiration to others. Recovery is hard, really hard, and sharing the journey makes it a little less difficult. I know that my blog is connecting with people when I hear from other stroke survivors.

September 10, 2018
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Blog 4 - Claudia Participates in the Comeback Trail

September 05, 2018
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Blog 3 - Claudia Struggles with Feelings in Her Hand and Legs

August 30, 2018
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Giving Back Report for July 2018

August 24, 2018
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Blog 2 - Claudia Talks About Speech Therapy

I have Aphasia. "Aphasia is an impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write.” Aphasia is always due to injury to the brain-most commonly from a stroke" (National Apraxia Association).

August 20, 2018
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John’s Crazy Socks Donates 600 Socks to Camp Anchor for 50th Anniversary

We love Camp Anchor which serves people with differing abilities ranging in age from 5 to 74 years young. This year, Camp Anchor celebrated their 50th anniversary and John’s Crazy Socks wanted to be part of the celebration. We worked with the Camp to create a 50^th Anniversary Camp Anchor Sock and we used that sock to raise funds for the Camp.

August 20, 2018
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John’s Crazy Socks Introduces the First Series of Johnism Socks

John here. I walk around saying a lot of things. Now, I am taking my words and turning them into socks. Linda, our Happiness Imagineer, calls what I say, “John-isms,” so now we have socks called John-sim socks. And because I love the Special Olympics, $1 from every pair sold of the John-ism Socks goes to the Special Olympics. We’re spreading happiness and I hope these socks make you happy.

August 17, 2018
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John’s Crazy Socks: A Learning Organization

All organizations need to continually learn, to adapt to changing environments, to find ways to better serve our mission. To do so takes a commitment from each individual and the entire organization. We have instituted these Learning Initiatives so we can offer the support and resources for each person in this organization to grow and develop and that will help the organization grow and develop. The more we learn, the more happiness we can spread.

August 12, 2018
8 min read

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