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March 22, 2016

By Nicole Macchio – Entertainment Editor

Law senior Jennifer Rondinelli recently organized a school-wide “Jeans For Teens” drive. All of the donations were given to a local shelter.

Nicole Macchio: Where did you get the idea for the jean drive?

Jennifer Rondinelli: The jean drive was a campaign hosted by DoSomething.org. They wanted people to collect jeans from their school community to donate to a homeless shelter in the area.

NM: Why did you put the drive together?

JR: I put the jean drive together because I was looking around the website one night and I saw they were looking for school communities across the U.S. to collect and donate jeans to those less fortunate. I thought it was a nice and simple thing to do for people who need clothing. I also saw that the top three schools that donated were awarded a grant of up to $5,000. I emailed Mr. Thompson about setting up a collection box in the lobby and ran the drive from February 22nd to the 26th.

NM: Who are the jeans going to?

JR: The jeans went to the Christian Community Action Shelter in New Haven.

NM: Are you looking for a way to set it up again for next year?

JR: I actually was talking to my sophomore friend Dominic who wants to continue the jeans drive next two years at Law and then hopefully pass it on to one of his friends so it can continue when we are gone.

NM:  Is there anything else you’d like to say?

JR: I’m just very happy about the outcome of the campaign. We received a total of five boxes, which is 236 jeans, and I am glad that the shelter was so appreciative of it.