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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

NG Kids Denim Drive Garners Guinness Record

Posted By NG Kids

Guinness World Records official Stuart Claxton was on hand at Union Station today to declare a new record to National Geographic Kids magazine for the most clothing collected for recycling. Over 33,000 donated denim items were unveiled in a display in the main hall at Union Station in Washington, D.C. The house of denim will be on display through August 27.

Watch a time-lapse video of the display construction.

Kids donated 33,088 items which will be recycled by COTTON. FROM BLUE TO GREEN.®, and made into home insulation for houses damaged in natural disasters. Kids from all over the country participated, sending in one pair of jeans or truck loads of jeans collected in community projects.

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, May 4, 2009

Celebrities Donate Their Jeans

Posted By NG Kids

Photo: Dylan and Cole Sprouse donating jeans

Jeans are continuing to pour in at National Geographic headquarters. Celebs are helping with the World Record attempt, too! The Suite Life on Deck stars Dylan and Cole Sprouse, as well as Sonny With a Chance Photo: Tiffany Thorton donating jeans

actress Tiffany Thornton are donating their denim. Seriously, how nice is that?

Want to know how you can get involved? Learn more about how to send in your jeans and watch a video about turning cotton into denim and then into insulation!

See more pictures of these celebs donating their jeans at KOL.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

We're Swimming In Jeans!

Posted By NG Kids

While the contestants in the Great Turtle Race swim towards the Caribbean, we're swimming in denim here at National Geographic Headquarters! Thanks to you, we have collected an incredible 6314 denim items. Keep them coming!

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Donate Your Old Jeans!

Posted By NG Kids

Help us set a new Guinness World Record for the most clothing donated for recycling! Send us your old jeans or other denim clothing and come back here to find out if we're getting close to a record.

So far, we have collected 104 pairs of jeans! Please keep them coming!

The best part about donating your too-small, paint-covered, ripped jeans is that ALL the denim will be recycled into insulation for homes that have been damaged in storms or major disasters.

So get your school, your church, your neighborhood, and your family involved!

Get all the details on mailing your hand-me-down denim to us and watch a video of the whole process to take COTTON. FROM BLUE TO GREEN.®

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