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Give a gown a second life!
An RHS PTSA initiative helping families save money, reduce waste, and keep graduation gowns in our community. |
Free, pre-owned RHS graduation gowns for the Class of 2027!
Upcoming Get-a-Gown Events:
Seniors can pick up their own gowns, or have someone pick up for them!
First come, first served. Limited supply of caps available as well.
Can't find the right fit? New gowns can also be ordered through the school's regular ordering process.
Check back for future pickup events!
Pass your gown on to the next graduating class!
Help future RHS seniors save money and reduce waste by donating your gown after graduation.
Drop off anytime school is open: Gowns Going Green collection bin just inside the B-Wing entrance.
Donation guidelines:
Thanks to past RHS families for donating their gowns and keeping this tradition going for future graduates!
Founded in 2024–2025, Gowns Going Green is an RHS PTSA initiative to keep graduation gowns out of landfills through reuse.
Our program has been featured by the Lake Washington School District and recognized with the LWPTSA "You Rock" award.
Questions? Email ggg@redmondhsptsa.org
Did you know that over the past 30 years, the scholastic industry transitioned from cotton to polyester, the popular petroleum-based fabric of the 1970s. Polyester is constructed out of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the same chemical compound used to make plastic water bottles. This product has been positioned as a ‘one-time’ use or ‘keepsake’ item, when the product has only been worn for 90 minutes. In that 30-year time period, over 100 million gowns have been added to the waste stream, which causes detrimental problems to the environment. Do you remember what you did with your graduation gown? Is it still sitting in a dusty box in the attic or did it end up in the trash? How can we ‘graduate’ from trashing gowns to reusing them?
The RHS PTSA is proud to have started the “Gowns Going Green” initiative in 2024-2025 to help keep RHS graduation gowns out of the landfills and help them get recovered, reused, and repurposed! With each gown donation/reuse, we'll all be good stewards of our planet. Help turn this initiative into a yearly movement!
We’re proud to share that this program is now featured on the Lake Washington District website, highlighting how RHS PTSA is making an impact across the school district. Even more exciting, we’ve been asked to help share and replicate this program across other high schools in the district!
RHS PTSA has also been bestowed the honor of receiving the LWPTSA "You Rock" award. The You Rock! award honors LWPTSA Council member PTAs who—through time, creativity and community—help students build for the future by doing something deserving of recognition throughout the district. You Rock! awards are presented at monthly Council membership meetings.
