Liaison Trina Brodsky shares these thoughts from her recent visit to Project Lemonade’s headquarters at Lloyd Center Mall.

Project Lemonade has served the foster youth community for 13 years. Their free store remains central to their mission, allowing children to shop for essential items including coats, shoes, clothing, and a special item. Ninety percent of the inventory is new!

Beyond the store, Project Lemonade offers comprehensive support through mentoring, resume writing, and interview preparation, as well as paid internships. The assistant store manager is a graduate of the internship program and a former foster youth. Furthermore, their scholarship program supports trade school and university goals, both with traditional scholarships and by offering supplementary aid for housing, transportation, and food–often not covered by traditional scholarships.

Project Lemonade is seeking support with public relations and marketing to build awareness for their new location and services at the Leftbank building at 240 N Broadway, where they will move by this June. If you have any information or connections that could assist in these areas, please let Trina know.