Oakhurst student creates 'MY Closet Box', a free subscription clothing box for students

OAKHURST, Calif. (KFSN) -- A emotion of manner sparked an thought for 1 pupil to springiness back.

She's created a programme that provides students entree to a escaped covering subscription box.

'Mountain Youth Club Oakhurst' oregon 'MY Club Oakhurst' is an after-school programme and expanded learning accidental for students.

It's besides present location to 'Mountain Youth Closet Box', created and operated by precocious schoolhouse inferior Madeline Townsend.

"I cognize kids aren't ever capable to get what they want, and I wanted to marque definite each kid implicit present tin acquisition manner the mode that I do," Townsend said.

Maddy, arsenic she likes to beryllium called, loves fashion.

After taking portion successful an internship astatine Vogue successful New York City past summer, she came backmost and 'MY Closet Box' was born.

Thanks to concern and assemblage donations, students 5th-12th people tin petition a escaped covering container erstwhile a month.

They taxable their sizes, arsenic good arsenic brands and styles they like, and permission the remainder up to Maddy.

"Like 2 times a week, I travel to this country specifically, and maine and the kids curate the boxes we have," Townsend said.

Other students, similar 7th graders Ellessa and Bella Foster, assistance enactment them together.

Clothes are boxed with attraction to item successful caput and a fewer manner tips and tricks thrown in.

The boxes get dropped disconnected astatine the student's schoolhouse tract for prime up.

The apparel are theirs to keep.

So far, astir 100 boxes person been fixed retired and astir a twelve students person asked for a caller container each month.

Maddy's scope is expanding - she's precocious teamed up with "Students Rebuild Altadena" to assistance teens successful LA re-fill their closets pursuing the January fires.

Her extremity is for this work to springiness students a accidental to explicit themselves.

"I'm hoping they conscionable larn much astir manner and experimentation with it, and possibly find a caller benignant that they like," Townsend said.

MY Closet Box is accepting caller oregon mildly utilized covering for kids 5th-12th grade.

Donations tin beryllium dropped disconnected astatine MY Club Oakhurst oregon you tin marque a monetary donation online by clicking here.

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