The Gift of Clothing: Support Campus Ministry’s “Jeans Run”

October 10, 2012

Your unused clothing can make a difference to those in need. This month, Campus Ministry invites all students, faculty and staff to participate in St. John’s first Jeans Run.

Campus Ministry will accept donations of jeans in any size and style throughout October. Those which are clean and in good condition may be left at the department’s main office, Marillac Hall Room 239, or at St. Thomas More Church, both on the Queens campus.

Student volunteers will distribute the jeans along with sandwiches to homeless and needy persons during St. John’s Midnight Runs, one of a variety of Vincentian Service programs. “People sometimes think we only give sandwiches,” said Rafael Rivera ’10C, ’14G, a Campus Minister who is coordinating the effort. “But we also try to provide clean, warm clothing for people we encounter on the streets.’

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