The teacher who created the recycled wool gloves Bernie Sanders wore during the presidential inauguration and which caused endless memes on social media is working closely with the Vermont Teddy Bear Company to meet the rising demand.
Some of the proceeds go to the charity Make-A-Wish Vermont.
“I can no longer be excited because I can not personally make 18,000 pairs of gloves,” Jen Ellis said Saturday, estimating how many people contacted her. “Everyone will get their gloves – everyone.”
Ellis, a Vermont elementary school teacher who has a side business making gloves from recycled wool, gave Sanders some gifts and he wore them to Joe Biden’s inauguration.
His fashion and hunched, frozen appearance then unleashed countless memes, while photos of the former presidential candidate on the subway, the moon, the couch with the group of friends and other creative places became a social media sensation.
It is not clear when the first gloves are available. Those interested in obtaining a pair can send an email to the company’s website.
In the past, Vermont made Teddy Bear special bears to raise money for Make-A-Wish Vermont, and it recently gave the organization office space for $ 1 a year, says James Hathaway, president and CEO of Make-A -Wish Vermont. .
“We are so grateful to Vermont Teddy Bear, Jen, and of course to Bernie that they were so Bernie,” Hathaway said in a statement.