January 3, 2010 10:20 AM- The bead company Shipwreck Beads in Hawks Prairie helped 74 volunteers to string 3,469 ft and 8 inches of beads in just 3 hours using an estimated 350,000 pony beads and setting the new world record for the longest string of beads. The longest beads string, apart from setting a world record submitted to The Guinness Book of World Records for review, has also raised $3,470 for the Boys and Girls Club of Thurston County. The company donated $1 for every foot of beaded beads.

The record attempt for beading beads to make the longest string of beads required an estimated 350,000 beads. About 50 spools of bead cord were used and each spool had about 80 feet of cord. The previous Guinness world record for the Longest string of beads was set in China with a 402 feet and 2.76 inches long beads string.

News Source: Worlds Records Academy