COUNTY NEWS

In celebration of America Recycles Day, Los Alamos County Environmental Services sponsored the annual Recycle Fashion Show. Three years ago, Los Alamos Public Schools began collaborating with Los Alamos County when Angelica Gurule, Environmental Services Manager, invited them to bring their student entries to the county’s annual fashion show. Since then, they decided to join forces to encourage more participation from the community. 

Many schools from across the district came together to celebrate this event including Aspen, Piñon, Barranca, High School and Chamisa. As well as students from almost every school. “It is our hope to keep growing this event with participation from all schools,” commented Angelica Gurule.

This year there were over 20 participants for the Recycle Fashion Show and over 100 attendees that enjoyed the event. The outfits were wonderfully crafted from recycle materials and extremely creative. The winners for the 2019 Recycle Fashion Show are as follows:

Kids:
1st – Daisy McCulloch
2nd – Maison Griffin
3rd – Khloe Martinez

Tweens:
1st – Cheyenne Haag
2nd – Kohynn Young

Adult:
1st – Andrea Lynch

Overall: Kara-Lynn Christensen
Functional: Samantha Clayton
Creative: Millie James

This event was such a huge success and could not have been possible without the contribution of many people. Environmental Services would like to say a BIG thank you to Los Alamos Public Schools Staff that helped with the event. We would like to give a special thanks to our co-hosts Andrea Lynch and Renee Mitsunaga of Chamisa Elementary. Their time and commitment as well as creativity and passion is what makes this event so successful. 

To our sponsors who donated amazing prizes: Los Alamos Co-Op, Pajarito Environmental Education Center, Reel Deal Theater, Los Alamos County Aquatic Center, Golf Course, and Ice Rink. To the Zero Waste Los Alamos Team for volunteering their time to help. The Los Alamos High School Eco Club for cleaning up afterward.