Tag archives for Jeans

Comments:1

Donate Your Denim

We’ve been collecting denim for about two months, but we still have over a month to go! So far we have collected a total of 11,268 denim items! That’s enough cotton to insulate about 22 houses! Find out how you can participate, help us set a Guinness World Record, and help create insulation for homes that have been damaged in storms.

Have you and your friends donated your worn-out jeans yet? Tell us!

Comments:0

Lots More Jeans!

Jeans continue to pile up at our office! Not only have celebrities Dylan and Cole Sprouse and Tiffany Thornton donated jeans, but we have received a total of 10,049 denim items from thousands of kids.

To send in your jeans and help us set a Guinness World Record, print out this form. Get all the details and watch a video about how the denim will be recycled into insulation!

Comments:11

Celebrities Donate Their Jeans

i-141b10c57b1ec5ba190538f175409b5c-dyland-and-cole-sprouse-donating-jeans.jpg
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 i-b33cb0a895c2aaac9e53be70b8743483-tiffany-thorton-200.jpgactress 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.

Comments:0

We’re Swimming In Jeans!

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!
Read the whole post »

Comments:5

Jeans Are Piling Up!

i-2cecea05ff24292bb42d4bc10fd047fa-queen-jean.jpg

Denim is starting to pour into our offices! Thanks to your efforts, we now have collected 5,270 jeans and other denim items! We are well on our way to setting a record for the largest collection of clothes to recycle.

All
the denim will be recycled into cotton insulation and will be used in
homes that have been damaged during natural disasters.

Learn you how you and your family can send in your worn jeans. Get the details on the denim drive.

Photograph courtesy of Catherine D. Hughes

Comments:2

Denim Drive Accelerates!

Thanks to a successful denim donation drop-off weekend held at Build-A-Bear Workshops in the U.S. March 27-29, we have collected a whopping 3,250 denim items! And we haven’t finished counting all the jeans and other denim clothing that was collected by our friends at Build-A-Bear!

You can help us in our Guinness World Record attempt to collect the largest collection of clothes to recycle. After we collect all the denim, it will all be recycled into cotton insulation through Cotton. From Blue to Green.®

Learn how you and your friends can participate.

Find out about Cotton. From Blue to Green.®

Comments:3

Donate Your Old Jeans!

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!

i-84957257e1c458d2654072754130571d-denim-folded-lg.jpg

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.®