The Sharing Shelf of Family Services of Westchester to Hold their Spring Teen Boutique

PORT CHESTER, NY (April 6, 2016) -- The Sharing Shelf, with the support of over 200 volunteers, will come together to create a festive, store-like environment stocked with thousands of spring/summer clothing items as well as handbags, shoes, scarves and costume jewelry. Each teen receives a certificate allowing her to choose over 30 items. In the weeks and months leading up to Teen Boutique, The Sharing Shelf of FSW has collected thousands of new and gently used items that have all been carefully screened for quality and age-appropriateness.

Volunteers will converge at The Carver Center, Port Chester on Saturday, April 9, to begin setup and return on Sunday, April 10, to serve. The teen shoppers are invited to shop on Sunday beginning at 12pm until 4pm. At the event, volunteers act as fashion consultants, guiding and assisting the girls as they shop.

This is The Sharing Shelf’s 8th Teen Boutique. The first event took place in November 2012 and there has been one each season (November and April) since that time, benefitting more than 800 girls in our county.

The Carver Center is generously offering its facility to host the spring event and teens from area schools as well as teen programs from The Carver Center’s, are volunteering during the event set up.

NOTE: The shopping aspect of this event is not open to the general public. The press may attend and interview those girls who have signed a waiver with parental consent. We will provide those girls with colored wristbands to designate who may be interviewed and/or photographed.

About The Sharing Shelf of Family Services of Westchester

The Sharing Shelf, a program of Family Services of Westchester (FSW) collects new and gently used clothing for infants, youth and teens. The clothing is distributed to more than 2,000 children in need each year at no cost to the families. The Sharing Shelf was founded and is run by volunteers and, corporate or school groups volunteer at the program’s Post Chester warehouse. To learn more about FSW’s Sharing Shelf, contact Deborah Blatt at (914) 305-5950 or by email at thesharingshelf@fsw.org

The Carver Center, located at 400 Westchester Avenue, Port Chester, NY 10573, is the primary community-based organization in Port Chester, offering educational, recreational, cultural and civic services for pre-school children, youth, adults, and seniors, with a particular focus on meeting the needs of underprivileged youth. The Center’s vision is to “build brighter futures” – that is, give people the resources and tools they need to lead productive, self-sufficient lives. To learn more about Carver Center, visit the website at www.carvercenter.org.

About Family Services of Westchester

Family Services of Westchester is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing Westchester County with a broad range of social and mental health services that strengthen and support families, children, and individuals at every stage of the life cycle. For more information, visit www.fsw.org, call 914-937-2320 and connect with us on twitter and Facebook @FSWestchester

Media contact:

Michelle A. Nicholas

mnicholas@fsw.org

914.305.6836