Bernie Sanders's "inauguration mittens" were made by Jen Ellis, a Vermont elementary school teacher who has a side business making mittens out of recycled wool.
(AP) – About those wooly mittens that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders wore to the presidential inauguration, sparking endless quirky memes across social media? They’ve helped to raise $1.8 million in the last five days for charitable organizations in Sanders’ home state of Vermont, the independent senator announced Wednesday. The sum comes from the sale of merchandise with the Jan. 20 image of.
One of the highlights of the 2021 inauguration was Bernie Sanders s mittens. The Vermont senator wore a pair of thick, cozy mittens, made by elementary-school teacher Jen Ellis, to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris s swearing-in ceremonies, and went viral as a result.
Sanders decided to use the sudden boost of internet fame for good. He put that now iconic image of his mitten-clad self on T-shirts, sweaters, stickers, and other merch and sold it on his website, with the proceeds going to charity.
And now we know how much “Chairman Sanders” helped raise: $1.8 million, according to
Today. Sanders s office said the charities benefitting from these proceeds include Meals on Wheels organizations throughout Vermont, Vermont community action agencies, the Chill Foundation, the Vermont Parent Child Network, Feeding Chittenden, senior centers in Vermont, and Bistate Primary Care for dental care improvements in Vermont.
Bernie s much-memed mittens merch makes $1.8 million for charity
Image of Vermont senator clad in parka and hand-made wool gloves at Biden s inauguration has exploded into social media phenomenon, inspiring him to sell his own merchandise to raise money for good causes
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Published: 01.27.21 , 22:43
About those wooly mittens that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders wore to the presidential inauguration, sparking endless quirky memes across social media? They’ve helped to raise $1.8 million in the last five days for charitable organizations in Sanders’ home state of Vermont, the independent senator announced Wednesday.
The sum comes from the sale of merchandise with the Jan. 20 Agence France-Presse image of him sitting with his arms and legs crossed, clad in his brown parka and recycled wool mittens.