Who We Are
True Blue Resue & Repair is a program with the purpose of creating a culture of anti-consumption, emphasizing the Reuse and Repair of clothing, small appliances, kitchenware, home decor, and more! We help our community understand what sustainable and ethical consumption choices look like in the 21st century.
Helping People and Planet
Industries that mass produce material goods, like clothing and household items, have a long history of being harmful to the people working in those industries and to our planet. Fast Fashion is a term used to describe a mechanism of clothing production and distribution motivated by cheap, quick production in anticipation of trend cycles with rapid turnover. This production exploits workers, uses toxic chemical and dyes, uses extreme amounts of water, and ultimately creates garments that wear out quickly and end up in landfills where they release harmful emissions upon their degradation.
Reducing our reliance on these industries can be achieved through ethical consumption choices emphasizing fair labor, safe working conditions, environmental responsibility, and product quality.
Choosing to Repair existing items, buy Secondhand goods, and when necessary, purchase local, natural, and ethically produced goods is how to be a responsible consumer.
Get Involved
- True Blue Reuse Thrift Store Pop-Up Shops
- All funds raised go towards sustaining our program and sustainability related efforts at USU
- Education and Outreach
- Donate clean and functional clothing and goods to TSC 316A
- Volunteer
- Help Cache Refugee and Immigration Connection (CRIC) and True Blue Reuse & Repair collect student donations during USU's on-campus Residence Area Waste Reduction Drive! Volunteer at donation tables: assist students seeking to donate, ensure quality of donations, sort & organize donated items, and share information with students on the importance of reducing textile, consumer goods and food waste. Collected items will be used in future sustainability projects in COSAS and donated to local non-profit organizations.
- Donation drives will occur at 5 different residence areas on Utah State University Campus during move-out day, May 2nd, 2024 from 12:00 - 6:00 pm. Sign up for as many slots as you would like, bring a friend (or two!), and help create a culture of anti-consumption, emphasizing the Reuse and Repair of clothing, small appliances, kitchenware, home decor, and more!
- Sign up in GivePulse
- Donation Drop Offs April 22nd-May 2nd
- TSC 316A
- Merrill Hall
- LLC Bldg A
- Blue Square Bldg A
- Central Suites
- Canyon Crest
- Mountain View Tower
- Richards Hall
- Bullen Hall
- SLC (Lundstrom)
- Pop-up donation tables are available on Thursday, May 2, from Noon to 6PM OUTSIDE the below listed buildings. If there is bad weather, donation tables will be moved to inside the buildings (Donating May 2nd after 6 pm will be considered littering)
- Merrill Hall
- LLC Bldg A
- Blue Square Bldg A
- Central Suites
- Mountain View Tower
- SLC (East parking lot near San Juan Hall)
- Contact for additional information.
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