Gloves for Good
PLEASE NOTE: new requests are temporarily suspended while we work to restock and fill existing orders. Thank you all for the incredible rush of interest that brought us to this shortage and thank you for your patience as we work through it : )
Program Overview
Small Steps, Serious Impact
Already, TSN Gloves for Good has equipped a staggering number of nature’s caretakers while diverting 59,766 pairs of gloves from landfills, avoiding 5,714 pounds of waste, preventing ~28.32 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, and saving our recipients $184,995 better spent elsewhere.
If you or your organization actively care for the land and water where you live and would benefit from a gift of these gloves, we’d be honored to assist. Local pickups (near Ann Arbor, MI) are available for free, or we’ll arrange to send them to you (within the continental US) if you can cover those costs. Please note that even with shipping expenses, our recipients are typically saving 70% – 90% compared to buying these gloves new. To start the process, just use the request button at the top of this page.
L/XL G-Tek gloves are most steadily in supply, while S/M/XXL G-Tek and one-size-fits-most cotton gloves are available in limited quantities. Our stock for these replenishes more slowly, so if you see them on the request form, they are currently available.
Added in 2025
Some stewardship activities call for enhanced protection. Now, thanks to generous, ongoing donations from HexArmor (Grand Rapids, MI), we’re able to offer a selection of their professional-grade PPE in addition to our standard seamless knit options. The weight and rigidity of these gloves make them more expensive per pair to ship or to store, but for appropriate applications, they’re totally worth it.
- Hex 1 is suitable for general purposes
- Heavy Duty offers increased protection against pinching and piercing (OUT OF STOCK)
- Chrome SLT is optimal for wet, slippery conditions (OUT OF STOCK)
In response to the ever increasing demand for child-sized seamless gloves, we’ve secured a large number of HexArmor Helix gloves in Small and Extra-Small, perfect for camps, classrooms, and youth programs!
Program Accolades
“When we invite volunteers to join us for workdays throughout the year, it is so wonderful to be able to offer them all clean, comfortable gloves that fit well. Like most conservancies, we have old work gloves that we’ve offered volunteers in the past, but they are either worn to pieces, or only fit large hands. Being able to supply everyone with gloves that fit shows that we value all of our volunteers. We are able to host tree planting, garlic mustard pulling, and trail maintenance workdays with large groups and we never run out of gloves thanks to The Stewardship Network!”
– Amy Lipson, Conservation Specialist
If you have photos or stories of these gloves in action, we’d love to see them and hear all about it! Click here to share with us, or just do what Connecticut River Conservancy did and make our day on social media 🙂
Gloves for Good Program Partners
The good people supplying these gloves prefer that their identity remains a secret. We thank them sincerely for powering this effort and their willingness to engage creatively for the betterment of our natural world.
Big thanks to our longtime friends (and office neighbors) Resource Recycling Systems for their expertise in analyzing the impact of this program, particularly its GhG emission reductions.
The team at the Saline, MI Allegra office has helped us with numerous projects over the years. For this initiative, they generously provide the boxes we use for organization / shipping.