3/21/2019 1 Comment HFHS Clothing DriveBy Abby Painovich I’m sure by now you’ve seen the posters hanging in halls saying “Let Your Used Clothes Live; Clothing Drive.” Well, what is that all about? This April there will be a clothing drive for all students of Hinckley Finlayson High School to shop at. This clothing drive will take place April 15th-18th- beginning after 5th hour on Monday. It is available for all students of HFHS to come shop for yourself, your friends and/or family members. After checking in with your teacher first, you can sign up on this sign-up sheet for a class period to come shop. You are also encouraged to bring your own used clothes, that you don’t wear anymore, to give them a new life in the hands of someone else. But you may still wonder why. Why donate and why shop? First of all, it is a great opportunity for you to add to your wardrobe at the cost of $0. Because who doesn’t love free clothes? Second of all, it allows you to clean out your closet, find clothes that you haven’t worn in years and donate them. Lastly, donating clothes is also very beneficial to our planet’s well-being: “The average American throws out about 82 pounds of textile waste per year. That’s 11 million tons of waste produced every year by just the United States alone. While it may seem harmless to throw out tattered clothes, these fabrics are likely to then end up in landfills, where they pile up to produce toxic greenhouse gasses that are emitted into the atmosphere. As a leading cause of global warming, these gases are very dangerous for our environment and hazardous for our health” (planetaid.org). So not only will you be getting new clothes, but you will also be contributing to the improvement of our planet’s well-being. Whether you are donating your clothes, shopping for some or even both, I encourage you to participate. Thank you to those of you who have donated already and those who are planning to. See below for additional information and links:
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