Jean Queen

COSTA MESA — Volcom , a Costa Mesa-based action sports brand, will collect 50,000 jeans and jean jackets and donate them to the homeless.

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BROOKFIELD — Town students are collecting jeans for the fourth annual Teens For Jeans Drive, which continues until Feb. 13. The jeans will be distributed to more than 600 U.S. homeless shelters.

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On the last day of the Clinton Global Initiative at the University of Miami, conference attendees traded their business casual attire for T-shirts, jeans and sneakers.

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— Help, haircuts and supper will be offered on opening day March 30. Blue jeans are stacked in cubbies, arranged by waist size and length, work boots are neatly lined in rows, and jackets are hung on long rods. Labeled bins holding T-shirts of every size and color are tucked into rows of shelving.

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Guys N Gals has a unique way to put those old blue jeans to good use. Every spring, the clothing store hosts its blue jean trade-in called Zip up the Homeless. The store, located at 6333 Orchard Lake Road in the Orchard Mall, invites customers to bring at least one pair of jeans to donate to New Bethel Outreach Ministries Shelter for the Homeless, in Pontiac. In return, consumers can purchase a …

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Banish your skinny jeans for charity at Guys N Gals (West Bloomfield Eccentric)

Surrounded by boxes spilling over with coats, jeans, and other clothing donated for the homeless through his efforts, a shy James Jeffries says he tried to do it anonymously. Inspired by a television show where people gave away their belongings to the homeless, James decided to go through his things – and those of his late grandfather – to give to others in need. Now his two boxes of …

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Homeless get helping hand (The Toledo Blade)

Men and women were swapping their old jeans for discounted new ones, giving the slightly used ones to charity.

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