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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

Friday, June 26, 2009

Denim Count

Posted By NG Kids

There are only a few days to send in jeans for the Guinness World Record attempt. So far, you have sent in an amazing 23,124 denim items to our offices at National Geographic! Keep the boxes coming--we are still counting!

Photo: Boy with jeans for recycling

Photograph courtesy Jackson's mom

Jackson, 10 years old, donated 55 pairs of jeans at a Build-A-Bear Workshop® drop-off location in March and then sent in another 111 denim items.

Photo: Kids with boxes of jeans

Photograph courtesy Giselle Appert

Students from del Sol School in California donated 500 denim items by mail.

Find out how to mail them in! All denim must be received by June 30, 2009!

Learn more about COTTON. FROM BLUE TO GREEN.®. and UltraTouch™.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Jeans Total Tops 20,000!

Posted By NG Kids

With only two weeks left in our Guinness World Record attempt to collect the largest amount of clothing for recycling, we have amassed an amazing pile of denim. Our latest count is 20,443!

This is more than a new record attempt--it's also part of the COTTON. FROM BLUE TO GREEN.®. project to recycle denim into insulation for homes damaged in storms.

Learn how you can donate your jeans!

Thursday, June 4, 2009

More Celebrities Donate Denim

Posted By NG Kids

Thanks to you and generous celebrities such as Tyler James Williams from Everybody Hates Chris, Jason Dolley, from Hatching Pete and previously in Cory in the House, and Allie Grant from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, we have collected 16,256 denim items! We are getting close to the end of the NG Kids Guinness World Record attempt to collect the most clothing for recycling! Don't wait! All denim must be received by June 30!

Photo: Man with jeans

Photograph courtesy Tyler James Williams

Find out how you can send in your jeans!

All the jeans will be donated to COTTON. FROM BLUE TO GREEN.®. and be recycled into insulation for storm-damaged homes.

See photos of the celebs with their jeans donations.

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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