-- May Is "Share The Pants" Month Each Pair of Pants Collected Helps to Create Jobs --

The Stars of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Credit: Warner Bros.

Friendship, empowerment and self-sufficiency are among the themes of the upcoming film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. People across North America are being urged to "Join the Sisterhood" by participating in a unique nationwide project of donating their used jeans to Goodwill Industries - the world's leading nonprofit provider of education, training and career services for people with disabilities, welfare recipients and other job seekers. Inspired by the jeans featured in the film, each pair of pants collected at locations in 60 markets nationwide such as select Goodwill Industry stores, Color Me Mine and Levi's stores will be donated to Goodwill Industries who, in turn, will sell the pants earning revenues to fund its job training and other career services to prepare people for job success.

As of Monday, May 2, people can go to www.sisterhoodofthetravelingpants.com or www.goodwill.org to find their local collection locations.Each person donating a pair of jeans will receive a special "Join The Sisterhood" bracelet in recognition of their contribution, symbolizing their allegiance to one another -- in friendship and philanthropy.