Winnipeg Free Press - Socktober - Oct 27, 2025

Socks outside home tell story of family’s grief, hope for others

Transcona couple turns their front lawn into a memorial — and a call to action

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2025/10/27/socks-outside-home-tell-story-of-familys-grief-hope-for-others

 

MIKAELA MACKENZIE / FREE PRESS Jason Chester and Mylene Layno with the Socktober display in their front yard on Wednesday. The husband-and-wife do a sock drive to collect socks and other items for Main Street Project's Socktober campaign every year in honour of their late son, Justice Chester, who died in 2021.