A young girl uses uncle's tragic death to help her community, one pair of socks at a time.

Maggie Meyers started with a socks collection drive in memory of her Uncle Gerry who loved quirky socks and give them to people who can't afford their own socks. Photo: Unsplash/GABRIELLE HENDERSON

Maggie Meyers was awakened at the tender age of eight. She looked up through sleepy eyes as her grieving parents sat on the edge of her bed in Perkasie, Pennsylvania in the United States and tried their best to somehow deliver the tragic news they themselves were struggling to process.

How, Cathleen and Ryan must have agonised, do we tell our precious girl who adores her Uncle Gerry that he was gone?