High schooler inspires River City Middle School students
CAROLYN BOSTICK | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 week, 4 days AGO
Lake City Thrift Store was created by junior Scout Brown last year to raise money for student government events. Middle schoolers at River City Middle School were inspired by her idea and are creating their own thrift store for students and families to purchase lightly used school merchandise.
CAROLYN BOSTICK/Press
Cambria Miller, Ellie Ruth, Emery Mort, Torii Still, Ella Piephoff and Scout Brown from Lake City High School met at River City Middle School to discuss how students can run a thrift store to sell used school shirts and merchandise to students and parents.
Carolyn Bostick has worked for the Coeur d’Alene Press since June 2023. She covers Shoshone County and Coeur d'Alene. Carolyn previously worked in Utica, New York at the Observer-Dispatch for almost seven years before briefly working at The Inquirer and Mirror in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Since she moved to the Pacific Northwest from upstate New York in 2021, she's performed with the Spokane Shakespeare Society for three summers. | November 4, 2024 1:07 AM
POST FALLS — River City Middle School students have hit upon a solution to boost school spirit with the creation of their own thrift store, Titan Thrift.
The idea was inspired by Lake City High School student Scout Brown, who started the Lake City Thrift Store.
"At the beginning, I sent out emails and asked parents and teachers to donate," Brown said.
The junior began collecting donated school shirts for Lake City Thrift last fall.
The venture has already raised $1,500 for the LCHS student government, which will use the money to buy decorations for dances and school spirit gifts for students.
River City English teacher Ryan Heasty called the thrift store concept "a great example of schools working together and sharing ideas to better the community."
Titan Thrift is focused on getting donated school gear into the hands of students and parents at low cost.
Students will collect lightly used clothing for resale at a reduced price. School T-shirts will be $2-$3 each and sweatshirts will be $5 or less.
Proceeds will be used to support the Titan Thrift Store and go back into the student body fund.
Brown said Lake City Thrift doesn't sell anything for more than $10. Middle school students in Post Falls will be able to devote a school room to the thrift store.
Brown recently met with interested students at River City to talk with the middle schoolers about her program, give suggestions and hear what their ideas are for their own project.
"I think it's really cool they want to do it as well," Brown said.
Cambria Miller, Ellie Ruth, Emery Mort, Torii Still, Ella Piephoff and Scout Brown from Lake City High School met at River City Middle School to discuss how students can run a thrift store to sell used school shirts and merchandise to students and parents.