Why Are People Sharing Photos Of Their Feet Online?
BOSTON (CBS) – While browsing your social media feeds on Thursday, you might think to yourself, "What's with the foot photos?"
It's all for a good cause. Members of the WBZ-TV team and many others will "Rock One Sock" throughout the day to show support for missing children and their families.
This Thursday, May 25th is National Missing Children's Day #RockOneSock & help reach our goal of raising $25k! https://t.co/uwFd1RlQ0Q pic.twitter.com/CO2V4LaB1O
— NCMEC (@MissingKids) May 22, 2017
May 25 is National Missing Children's Day, and this campaign is all about raising awareness and much-needed dollars.
Rockin' one sock with @DanielleWBZ4 for #MissingChildrensDay #WBZ @cbsboston pic.twitter.com/It4PAq3xDR
— Kate Merrill (@KateMerrill) May 25, 2017
Anyone who wants to participate just has to wear one sock and post their photo or video to social media using #RockOneSock. Making a donation to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to help them bring missing kids home is also encouraged.
It's #nationalmissingchildrensday. #rockonesock in support of missing kids & their fams. @cbsboston @KateMerrill r u? pic.twitter.com/hl4m5ManB7
— Danielle Noyes (Niles) (@danielle_noyes) May 25, 2017
The center says there were 465,676 reports of missing kids in the United States last year, according to FBI statistics.