The 2025 Earth Month Challenge Results Are In: Nearly 200,000 Pounds Collected by Participating Schools!

Tue June 3, 2025

Celebrating sustainability, school spirit, and serious impact for the planet.

The 2025 Earth Month Challenge, hosted by USAgain, has officially wrapped and the results are nothing short of incredible. Over a one-month period from March 15 to April 15, 111 participating schools across the U.S. came together in a friendly competition to collect the most clothing and shoes through their on-campus TreeMachine.

The final tally? A massive 199,649 pounds of clothing and shoes were collected. These materials were kept out of landfills and given a second life through reuse. Just in time for Earth Day on April 22, USAgain proudly announced the top 10 winning schools, with three schools rising to the top as sustainability champions.

Top 3 Winning Schools of the 2025 Earth Month Challenge

1st Place: St. Genevieve Catholic School

2nd Place: Dorris Intermediate School

3rd Place: Whittier High School

Each of these schools demonstrated tremendous leadership, engaging their students, families, and local communities to make an environmental impact while promoting the power of reuse.

Environmental Impact by the Numbers

Thanks to the dedication of the 111 schools who participated, the collective effort resulted in:

• 199,649 lbs. of clothing and shoes collected
• 3,993 people clothed
• 479 million gallons of water saved (equal to the annual water use of 3,282 homes)
• 1,141 cubic yards of landfill waste avoided
• 2,994,735 lbs. of CO₂ saved (equivalent to taking 289 cars off the road for a year)
• 499 trees planted

These results highlight the profound environmental benefits of textile reuse and underscore the importance of building a culture of circularity at the school level.

Honoring the Top 10 Collecting Schools

In addition to the top three winners, we also want to celebrate the remaining schools that made it into the Top 10:

4th Place: Immaculate Conception School

5th Place: Foster Elementary
6th Place: King Middle School
7th Place: Southridge Tech Middle School
8th Place: Frank O’Bannon Elementary School

9th Place: Old Forge High School
10th Place: St. Cletus School

We applaud the efforts of every school that participated. They’ve helped set a high bar for school-led sustainability efforts nationwide.

Advancing Our Mission: People, Planet, Profit

At USAgain, we’re committed to being a global leader in the secondhand clothing industry by creating value for People, Planet, and Profit.

For People, we support communities by making sustainable fashion accessible and fostering ethical business practices.
For the Planet, we conserve resources and actively combat climate change by extending the life cycle of clothing.
For Profit, we sustain our operations and growth, ensuring long-term impact and innovation in the industry.

As cities embrace circular economy initiatives, TreeMachine collection points offer a simple and effective way for schools and communities to be part of the solution.

Want Your School to Join the Movement?

If your school isn’t yet part of the TreeMachine Greenraiser Program, there’s never been a better time to get involved.

👉 Sign up for the TreeMachine Greenraiser program today!

You can also learn more about our year-round school contests and events by visiting:

👉 https://usagain.com/events

Thank you to every school that made this challenge such a powerful success. Together, we’re helping people, protecting the planet, and proving that every pound makes a difference.