Trends for Teens encourages teenagers to set goals for themselves by providing incentives—which consist of clothing, accessories, and other goods—within our stores.

Unfortunately due to Covid-19, Trends for teens has temporarily closed down all stores. This decision was a very difficult one but was the best for the safety of our community. We have now temporarily shifted our focus to fundraising and clothes drives.

 

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Schools

We currently have 4 stores housed in schools, all located in the metro-Detroit area. Learn about our Pontiac, Detroit, Wyandotte, and Mount Clemens locations below.

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Housing shelters

Our 2 other stores are set-up within housing shelters located in Detroit, Michigan. Check out our COTS and Christ Child stores below.

Founded in the 1990’s, Loyola High School is a Jesuit Catholic High School based in the city of Detroit. It serves to further academic, physical, spiritual, and social growth to the residents of Detroit and its surrounding community. It was founded to address the soaring drop-out rates of high school students in the Detroit area. Loyola now proudly graduates 100% of its students.

Spearheaded by our latest Co-Leaders, Ray Margherio and Drew Prokop, Trends for Teens has decided to aide Loyola in their Letter Sweater Club Initiative. Earning a varsity letter in athletics, debate, choir and/or drumline is a symbol of excellence and milestone for many high schoolers. At Loyola it is no different, however, due to the prohibitive cost of varsity jackets, most young men keep their hard-earned “L” at home in a drawer.

Letter sweaters are universally appealing, help unite Loyola students participating in different school activities and—best of all—are dress code approved and will make a difference with our young men allowing them to look and feel good! A Bulldog sweaterman has pride and will be motivated to keep up the great work.

The Letter Sweater Club Initiative allows donations to be made through Trends for Teens to provide Letter Sweaters to the 75 varsity letter achievers who do not have a sweater.

Following this successful venture, Drew and Ray decided to help with Loyola’s football team equipment needs. They have both been fortunate to participate on teams that have new and updated equipment, and wanted to ensure the men of Loyola had the same advantage. They held a fundraiser in June 2019 and raised enough money for 10 new shoulder pads for the team. Working with Xenith (a local sports equipment company) they were able to deliver the 10 new shoulder pads to the Loyola football team in late August—just in time for the start of the season!

Our Original Location

 

We had the pleasure of opening our first store at ITA in Pontiac, Michigan in February, 2015. In November, 2016 ITA moved to a new location and our store moved with it. This store is run by seniors and juniors at ITA. We are excited to start another great year with ITA in the fall.

 

 
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expansion into “trends for tots”

Since we have started at ITA, their school has grown to encompass elementary-aged kids. After great feedback from ITA, we decided to expand the Trends for Teens goal setting program to “Trends for Tots” where children are rewarded with Trends Cash because of good behavior both in the classroom and outside of the classroom. Very special thank you to Chloe Kiriluk for filming this amazing video which embodies the happiness and satisfaction the students experience after shopping at our store!

Examples of goals set:

  • I will pay attention in class

  • I will remember to bring my ID everyday

  • I will have a B in Ms Jacksons class by the end of 3rd marking period

  • I will help another student study to pass the Andrew Jackson Test

  • I will get a B or better in every class by the end of the marking period

  • I will network with at least 3 people who can help me with Long Term Goals

  • I will raise my C to a B in history

  • I will reach my goal on bars in gymnastics

  • I will raise my GPA to a 3.6

Our Second Store

 

We first moved to Wilson Middle School in Wyandotte, Michigan at the end of the 2015-2016 school year. The store grew even more popular during this past school year. We will continue to deliver donations to the store weekly throughout the upcoming school year as well.

 

 

Our First Homeless Shelter Location

 

We started to implement our organization at the COTS location by merging our "5 A's" ideology to their program called the "Passport to Self-Sufficiency" giving adults within the shelter an opportunity to become self-sufficient. Trends for Teens serves as the "Passport to Self-Sufficiency" for the teenagers and young adults living at COTS. We opened our Trends for Teens store at COTS in March, 2016.

 

 
The first two shoppers at our store!

The first two shoppers at our store!

Christ Child

 

Trends for Teens is so happy to have partnered with Christ Child in Detroit, Michigan through Brother Rice High School in early 2017. Christ Child houses anywhere from 15-30 homeless boys at a time and our mission is to provide them with new clothing after they have achieved goals they have set for themselves. Read more about what Christ Child does on their website.

 

 
 

Seminole Academy

In March 2018, Trends for Teens expanded to an even larger market as we opened our first store at an elementary school in Mount Clemens, MI. Seminole Academy continues to impress us each and every day as they have implemented our goal-setting program into their students' lives. From Kindergarten to Fifth grade, the students are dedicated to setting and acheiving their goals. We currently do not have a very large inventory of elementary-aged clothing, so clothing donations for this age group would be greatly appreciated. Learn more about clothing donations here.