Dental students hold sock drive for the homeless

University of Alberta dentistry students relieved stress and helped the homeless Thursday by staging asock fight at the Butterdome.

Socks are one of the items most needed by agencies in Edmonton. The students collected 348 pairs of socks and raised money to buy 162 more.

After hurling the socks at each other, the students plan to wash and donate them to Boyle McCauley Centre for distribution to the homeless.

CBC video producer Rick Bremness caught all of Thursday's hijinks.