Denims destined to help others

Kids have outgrown their jeans? Denim jacket a little too tight? Gather up those clothing items and take them to city hall. The city of Maricopa wants your denims – jackets, jeans, shorts and vests.

Now through June 26 the city will be collecting denim, which later will be converted into a natural cotton fiber home insulation for use by Habitat for Humanity. The denim drive is being done in conjunction with COTTON, FROM BLUE TO GREEN ®.

Habitat for Humanity is currently receiving 75,000 square feet of insulation from the 2008 denim drives. The insulation will be installed in 75 homes in areas of the country affected by natural disasters like floods, tornadoes and hurricanes.

Cities, businesses, universities and schools have been involved beginning with the first denim drive in 2006. Since then 89,799 pieces of denim have been collected to provide over 185,000 square feet of insulation for 180 homes, primarily in the Gulf Coast region.

In addition, this year National Geographic Kids magazine is doing a denim drive to set a Guinness World Record for the largest collection of clothes headed for recycling. All items collected will go to COTTON, FROM BLUE TO GREEN® to be used for housing insulation.

Clean out drawers and closets, create a greener America and help others by donating denims. The goal is to “change the world one pair of jeans at a time.”

For further information call 520-316-6816.

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