Sequoya Middle School is collecting jeans for youth experiencing homelessness.
Teens for Jeans, a national campaign in partnership with Aéropostale and DoSomething.org, the largest not-for-profit organization for young people and social change.
Teens for Jeans encourages young people across the country to run a jean drive in their school or community to help provide clothing for youth experiencing homelessness.
Over one million young people experience homelessness in the United States every year and one of the most requested items that young people in homeless shelters ask for is a pair of jeans. In the past seven years, young people across the country have collected over 4.3 million pairs of jeans through Teens for Jeans.
This year, the top collecting high school, middle school, elementary school, and college will each win a $5,000 school grant. In addition to the school grant, the school that collects the most jeans will win a private school concert by pop band The Vamps and Aéropostale t-shirts for the entire school.
Members of the Sachem community can support Sequoya Middle School’s drive by dropping off their gently used denim at locations from January 12–February 12 at Sequoya Middle School. For more information, please contact Mrs. Doreen Schaefer, Sequoya Renaissance Community Service Coordinator at # 631-207-7100 or e-mail dschaefer@sachem.edu.