San Jose to Turn Rags to Riches

is collecting old clothes and shoes as part of a national campaign to help impoverished countries.

The old clothes and shoes will be collected in a recycling bin in the parking lot and later be turned into rags and textiles or resold in other nations through City Recycling Group, according to a recent San Jose Elementary newsletter.

San Jose Elementary receives 11 cents for every pound it collects.

Businesses wishing to sponsor a 4-foot-by-4-foot clothing and shoe recycle bin, contact Janine Munns, school family and community liaison for San Jose Elementary, at 727-469-5956.

San Jose has been named the most energy-efficient elementary school in Pinellas County for the past two years.