Wantage teen collecting Teens for Jeans

WANTAGE — Kassidy Wagner, a junior at High Point Regional High School in Wantage is collecting jeans for Teens for Jeans, a national campaign from DoSomething.org, one of the largest global not-for-profit organizations for young people and social change.

DoSomething.org and its 4.5 million members tackle causes that impact every cause, from poverty to violence to the environment to literally everything else. Any cause, anytime, anywhere. Teens for Jeans encourages young people across the country to run a drive in their school or community to help provide clothing for youth experiencing homelessness.

More than 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 eight years, young people across the country have collected more than 5 million pairs of jeans through the Teens for Jeans program. This year, the top collecting school will win a $3,000 grant, the school that comes in second place will win a $2,000 grant, and the school that comes in third place will win a $1,000 grant.

Members of the community can support this drive by dropping their gently used denim off at any of the below locations through Feb. 13: Frankford Plains United Methodist Church at 99 Plains Road in Augusta; Wantage United Methodist Church at 199 Libertyville Road in Wantage; Sussex United Methodist Church at 15 Bank Street, Sussex.

High Point High School and the Sussex Wantage School District have all graciously agreed to participate in this cause, so jeans can be sent in with students from any of the schools listed.

For more information, please visit DoSomething.org/jeans or contact Kassidy Wagner at 201-424-6642 or fourwagners3@yahoo.com.