To the Editor:
I am collecting jeans for 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 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 more than 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. The school that collects the most jeans will also win a private school concert by pop band The Vamps and Aéropostale t-shirts for the entire school. Members of the community can support County Prep’s drive by dropping off their gently used denim at any location until February 13, 2015: Hoboken City Hall, 94 Washington Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030; Bayonne City Hall, 630 Avenue C. Bayonne, NJ 07002; and Jersey City City Hall, 280 Grove Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302. For more information, visit TeensForJeans.com or contact Dimitri Rodriguez at (201) 233-4773 or dimitrimr@gmail.com.
DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ
County Prep High School