What a night! The 14th Annual Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show came to life because of people like you — and we are genuinely grateful.
The evening was warm, the crowd energized, and the runway electric! Rubbish Renewed has always been about interconnecting with community through art, sustainability, learning, and inspiration. This year more than ever this feeling came alive! The active and fun atmosphere from the textile trash tunnel entry and trash art creation station in the lawn, the makers and interactive booths, the local libations, to the mesmerizing trash fashion show!
Thank you sponsors, thank you Bend! We simply couldn’t have done it without you!
This year, more than 700 community members gathered to celebrate student designers from 14 Central Oregon schools (3rd grade to an OSU Cascades class project), alongside adult designers new to the runway, some back from pre-covid times, and some who’ve been with us from the start. Together, they transformed trash into something breathtaking. Your support made sure that stage existed.
Rubbish Renewed is a mindset, something to engage in long before and after the show. It’s all designed to spark a different relationship with waste, one that inspires action. And because of your support, we raised $28,000 for REALMS Schools, whose mission to foster scholarship, strengthen community, and inspire stewardship through active learning aligns beautifully with everything Rubbish Renewed stands for.
We say it every year because it’s true every year: this is not just a fashion show, and not just a fundraiser. It is proof that when people with a shared belief show up for something bigger than themselves, something remarkable happens.
Thank you for being part of it.
With Gratitude, The Rubbish Renewed Team
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