Our Story

Kit's Kloset was stared in 2021 by a current Phoenixville Area School District Junior. Emerson Cairns, who is currently 16. Here is her story:

 In 2021, when applying for National Junior Honors Society (NJHS), I was asked to brainstorm 10 ideas that fill a community need, which my NJHS club can take on as a project, for our community. One community service proposal I made sure to write down was a prom closet for Phoenixville and the surrounding areas. I found this suggestion very interesting and excited to see if it would be something that my NJHS club would tackle within the 2021-2022 school year- My 7th grade year in PASD.  In the end, it wasn’t, but the project was still in the back of my mind. At the same time, I was doing many community service activities, one of which included helping with food donations and distribution for people who were financially unstable during the pandemic. Doing that activity, I was working with people in the intended demographic for the prom closet, which helped resurface the thought and inspired me to take a harder look into making the prom closet a reality.

With my mom having a Non-Profit background, I bounced the idea off of her and it has evolved to what it is today, a no-cost closet system and youth community service program that helps students of Phoenixville and surrounding communities in south-eastern Pennsylvania who have financial and socioeconomical hardships. 

Thank you for your support!

Emerson Cairns