McCombs Students Collect 300+ Jeans for Charity

McCombs 8th grader Chidy Anukam poses in front of over 300 pair of jeans he and other students have collected.

During the months of January and February, students at McCombs Middle School started collecting denim for Teens for Jeans, a national campaign in partnership with Aéropostale and DoSomething.org, and one of the largest not-for-profit organizations for young people and social change.

So far, McCombs students have collected more than 300 pairs of jeans!

Teens for Jeans encourages young people across the country to conduct a jean drive in their school or community, collecting slightly used denim to help provide clothing for youth experiencing homelessness.

Over a 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 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.

While McCombs students are off to an impressive start, it’s not too late to add to the total. Community members can also help McCombs Middle School support the Teens for Jeans drive by dropping off their gently used denim at school before February 10th.