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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Guess the Denim Count Contest

Posted By NG Kids

You know that NG Kids has collected a lot of denim over the last few months. But what's the grand total for the Guinness World Record? Make your best guess and enter the Guess the Denim Count Contest at COTTON. FROM BLUE TO GREEN.® by August 10, 2009, for a chance to win an American Express gift card and a year's subscription to NG Kids magazine!

Check out the Guess the Denim Count Contest on COTTON. FROM BLUE TO GREEN.®

Read the contest rules at COTTON. FROM BLUE TO GREEN.®

Photograph courtesy Jill Yaworski

Monday, July 27, 2009

Watch NG Kids Set a Guinness World Record!

Posted By NG Kids

We've collected and counted thousands of denim items! But what do over 30,000 pairs of jeans look like? We'll be at Union Station in Washington, D.C. on August 12 at 10:30 a.m. with our eye-popping display of denim as a representative from Guinness World Records recognizes NG Kids for achieving the Largest Collection of Clothes to Recycle!

Photo: Jeans piled high

After a two-week display, the record-setting collection will be donated to COTTON. FROM BLUE TO GREEN.®, which recycles denim into insulation to help rebuild communities in need. Join us at this exciting event!

Union Station's Main Hall will be the venue where more than 30,000 pairs of jeans will be on display from August 12, 2009, to August 27, 2009! Find out more about Washington, D.C.'s Union Station.

Photograph courtesy Jill Yaworski

Thursday, May 21, 2009

More Denim!

Posted By NG Kids

Our Guinness World Record attempt to collect the most clothing for recycling continues. Now that we received Ben Stiller's jeans and jeans from kids all over the U.S., we have a mountain-size pile of jeans accumulating here at National Geographic. Our latest count is....14,634!

You can still participate! We have one month left to collect denim that will be recycled into insulation through the COTTON. FROM BLUE TO GREEN.® program.

Get all the details on how you can participate and see a video of the recycling program.

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