Do you hate spending hundreds and thousands of dollars on clothes and other necessities? Well, good news! There is no need to spend your last quarter on a t-shirt that says “Live, Laugh, Love” for seventy-five dollars!!! Last Wednesday, the Energy and Environment (E&E) committee of Student council opened a thrift store in the stuco room.Thrifting is another route people choose  when it comes to shopping for necessities. Second-hand shopping is a budget-friendly, environmental, and affordable shopping option for people who want to save money and not hurt their pockets. 

“My committee and I were at a leadership conference for student council and we saw that another school had done some partnership work with a local thrift store and I thought it would be really cool for us to implement one just at Franklin, not only to help out the community environmentally because that is what my committee is for but also to help students who may be disadvantaged in terms of income or people who just want to help out their communities,” E&E co-chair Alister Hisey said. 

Like Hisey, E&E co-chair sophomore Ascher Vicini felt that the thrift store could benefit not just the school community but also the environment by giving a second to life to others’ previously loved clothing items.

“It makes it so clothes just aren’t sitting around, not getting used, or people don’t go and throw away their smaller clothes, instead they can bring them in, and someone who enjoys those clothes, they can come in and make use of them,” Vicini said. 

Thrifting has a lot of benefits. Items that get donated can provide limited income individuals or families with basic necessities such as clothes, blankets, trinkets, etc.