“Putting on clean, dry jeans in the morning is something that most of us take for granted"



Give Jeans a Chance



One Tampa woman found a way to help our homeless neighbors by Giving Jeans a Chance.  Tamela Hope found the Give jeans a chance progam online and decied this was one way she could help.

This is the second year that Volcom, in partnership with the National Coalition for the Homeless has sponsored the jeans recycling program.  In 2009 more than 5,000 pairs of jeans were collected by 100 North American storesfeaturing Volcom product and then donated to fifty local homeless shelters across the country. This year Volcom is hoping to collect upwards of 10,000 pairs from more than 300 participating stores around the world.

Ms. Hope and her co-workers at Quest Dianostics collected 193 pairs of blue jeans.  They were brought to the Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County on Friday. 

Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County works in partnership with the National Coalition for the Homeless by sponsoring two AmeriCorps*Vista volunteers. 

The blue jeans will be distributed next week to local shelters. 

Thank you to Ms. Hope and all those that donated!