FLYGURLZCLUB
BACK TO SCHOOL
CLOTHING DRIVE
A creative collective empowering the next generation of gurlz.
FLYGURLZCLUB’s annual Back-to-School Clothing Drive is more than a donation event—it’s a celebration of individuality and girlhood. Each summer, we transform a local space into a welcoming, boutique-style experience where high school girls can shop racks of gently worn and new clothing with our stylists & Glam Squad—all for free.
It’s about more than just outfits. It’s about helping girls step into the school year feeling seen, confident, and empowered. Our amazing team of volunteers and community partners come together to create an uplifting, judgment-free, and safe space for girls to express themselves and explore different styles.
Powered by grassroots support, this unique and impactful celebration of self- expression transforms the lives of young girls with dignity, self-love, and confidence.
Coming Summer 2025
✦ How it Works
✦ Clothing We Accept
✦ Donate
✦ Volunteer
✦ Sponsor
Students are nominated by school administration by private invitation only. We currently serve students in the Oakland Unified School District for our annual Student Shop Day.
We’re open for an additional week after Student Shop Day and allow students from all school districts across the Bay Area to shop free. We close out with our Fly Gurl Market post-event where surplus donations are sold to the public.
Contact us for any questions at info.flygurlzclub@gmail.com.
Summer 2025
Clothing Drive & Student Registration TBA
How it works
Drop down to learn how our amazing team of volunteers make the magic happen:
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Our clothing drive happens for 2-3 weeks for you to make your donations.. We welcome donations of all sizes in good condition that are high school appropriate. Within this time, our team is setting up sorting stations, clothing racks, and categories.
With your clothing donations, we’re able to offer various styles and size for our girls to shop and choose from!Collection dates & location to be announced.
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In order to provide a quality experience for our participating students, we sort through each and every piece to ensure it’s good condition and fit for our teens.
By the time we’re nearing the end of the clothing drive, we’re already building out our pop up shop from the ground up.
Our stylists curate the clothing by size, category, and collections while our team of visual merchandisers create the floor plan and shop flow. This is an extensive phase of our process but is what allows us to create the ultimate shopping experience!We need a ton of hands on deck for set up - To volunteer and get involved, please sign up here!
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Our Student Shop Day is a one day and 4 hour event. Registered students are welcomed by our crew with tote bags to fill up with as much as they can!
Students fill out a Style Card where they mark their sizes, check off what styles the like, and some they want to try! Our stylists pair up with them to shop and suggest outfit ideas, and styling advice.Our Glam Squad provides services from hair cuts and styles, nails, and make up through the duration of our event. We also have DIY workshops to upcycle or mend pieces they found shopping.
This year we are teaming up with Community Fits, a non-profit to teaching girls how to sew. -
Closing out Student Shop Week, we host a marketplace post-event open to the public to purchase surplus donations that help fund future initiatives.
Vendors are invited to our marketplace to sell their goods. We focus and highlight BIPOC and LGBTQ+ local artisans and designers in our community!
To become a vendor, please contact us!
Items we look for
We ask our supporters to please be mindful of the clothing they gift. Please do not bring worn house clothes, socks, or revealing dresses or mini skirts.
Items we accept:
High school appropriate clothing
Good condition to like new
All Sizes
Casual and Formal Wear
Denim
Jackets and Coats
Knitwear and Sweaters
Jewelry / Accessories
Bags
Items we do not accept:
Undergarments & swim wear (unless new with tags)
Shoes (unless new or like new)
Activewear (unless new with tags)
Ripped or torn clothing
Worn house clothes & pajamas
Dirty or stained clothing
Clothing from a smoking household
Clothing with pet hair
Winter Gloves
Beauty or skin care products
Clothing Drive
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Clothing Drive ✦
Fly gurl roll call! Volunteer with us.
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STYLISTS
Volunteer to help sort and curate our pop-up shop! Serve as a personal stylist to suggest outfits, provide styling advise, and support students find their confidence.
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VISUAL MERCHANDISERS
Create the ultimate shopping experience by volunteering your expertise in creating the floor plan, shop flow, and merchandising.
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GLAM SQUAD
Join our glam squad to service the students and make them feel pretty! We are seeking: MUAs, hair stylists, nail techs. We consider other services, please contact us.
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DESIGNERS + ARTISTS
Provide your skills and techniques in our DIY Workshop where students learn how to reconstruct and customize their clothing! We are open to all mediums.
“I couldn’t afford to go back to school shopping for both girls this year so when my oldest high schooler came home and told me about todays event, she begged me to sign both her and her sister up. You all have NO idea how much this meant to not only myself but to my two daughters!! They felt so comfortable and without any judgement were able to pick out new school clothing for themselves. You all have made such a difference in my daughters school year and I will be forever thankful for all of you who made this possible! Thank you a million times over.“
“One of the many reasons that I love FGC is that we are able to provide unique and creative open space environments for younger generations to connect and share their stories. On top of that, many of the fellow volunteers are passionate, smart, and beautifully spoken ladies. I am super proud to be a part of FLYGURLZCLUB and will continue to support. “
testimonials
“Everyone had positive energy and was working so hard. I feel like I came out of the event with so many new friends!”
“You all are REALLY making a difference is so many lives and you really all should be recognized for what you have done to change so many lives! All the praise you all that have done this for not only my two girls but the hundreds of others!”
