- January 9, 2025
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Beth Sullivan, a Kiwanis Club member, folds jeans. Photo by Paige Wilson
Karen Flaherty, committee chair for the jean drive, walks past the stacks of denim. Photo by Paige Wilson
Allen Whetsell, president of the Kiwanis Club, folds a pair of jeans. Photo by Paige Wilson
The Kiwanis Club of Flagler County collected over 1,000 pairs of jeans for needy children. Photo by Paige Wilson
Volunteers and club members sort through the jeans. Photo by Paige Wilson
Stacks of jeans await being sorted and bagged up. Photo by Paige Wilson
Laura Salazar, board member of the Education Foundation, and Joseph Rizzo, executive director of the Education Foundation, fold and sort jeans. Photo by Paige Wilson
Stacks of jeans await being bagged up. Photo by Paige Wilson
The Flagler Schools Stuff Bus sits outside Indian Trails Middle School and volunteer sort jeans inside. Photo by Paige Wilson
Stacks of blue, khaki and black denim pants piled up inside Indian Trails Middle School on Aug. 5 as volunteers and board members from the Kiwanis Club of Flagler County and the Flagler County Education Foundation sorted, tagged and bagged the jeans.
The Kiwanis Club collected more than 1,000 pairs of jeans from June 15 to July 31 to benefit Families in Transition.
Pat Bueltman, a volunteer with Flagler County Education Foundation, said there are 334 homeless children in Flagler County and many on free and reduced lunch. With this jean drive, as well the other supplies the Kiwanis Club collects, students who need clothing will be able to get help through their guidance counselors.
"None of this does any good sitting on the shelves," Bueltman said, pointing to the many piles of jeans. "Get it out to the kids who need it."
The Kiwanis Club and Education Foundation are always accepting donations. For more information, contact Foundation Education Executive Director Joseph Rizzo at [email protected], contact Karen Flaherty, the committee chair for the jean drive, at [email protected] or 693-4263, visit FlaglerEdFoundation.org or visit flaglercountykiwanis.org.
