The Crookston Pirates Cove Store will be opening just in time for holiday shopping as it will be open at both this week’s Boys and Girls Pirates Basketball home games on Thursday, December 1, Friday, December 2, Monday, December 12, Friday, December 16, Monday, December 19, and Tuesday, December 20.
The store will be selling a variety of shirts, sweatshirts, and jackets with designs they created in their Graphic Design class, and the students themselves will be in charge of the store to learn various skills, such as handling the money, talking to customers, and managing a store during business hours. “The kids will learn how to take the money, sell and talk to people, and sell the goods they made. Right now, we have a quarter-zip up, which we normally don’t do, and then we have a lot of higher-end stuff because people do ask for some higher-end stuff,” Pirates Cove teacher Amy Boll explained. “We have some hoody sweatshirts with a couple of different designs there. We have some kid’s clothes, women’s T-shirts, and unisex sweatshirts, hooded and crewneck. So you can come on down, we’ll have the kiosk set up, and then we’ll have a sales rack set up too, and it’s all pretty reasonably priced.”
The kiosk will be located in the High School Commons and have flashing lights and students working with their many designs laid out for customers to see. Boll also noted that the students will add hats to the store when materials arrive for the class and once they are printed. The store will be open soon after doors open for the game, around 5:30 p.m., and will be open until halftime of the game. For those unable to come to a game, the store has ways to help get you some items for the holiday season. “If you can’t make it during these times, what you can do is call the Crookston High School and ask for me, Amy Boll, and you can give me a call to set up a time,” Amy Boll explained. “The school’s number is 218-281-2144, and you can come in or ask me if there’s a good time to come in during the day to look at things. That’s also a possibility, kind of by arrangements. I do teach other classes, so we will have to figure it out, so hopefully, people can come and watch a game, or if you can’t watch it, you can still come in, check it out and get some good Christmas gifts for kids.” The shop will also give out gift certificates for shoppers as well in case any shoppers aren’t sure what to get for others for the holidays.
The clothes will be sold at prices ranging from $25 to $65, depending on the shirt sizes and whether it is a high-end item. The clothes also have a wide range of sizes, ranging from small to XXXL, as well as small, medium, and large youth sizes. All the money used to purchase the clothes goes back to help fund the Pirate Cove program to replace any parts of their machines or be donated to other school additions.
The Pirates Cove class encourages the public to come to the coming Boys and Girls Pirates home Basketball games to support the athletes and the students running the shop, as the students greatly enjoy seeing people purchasing and wearing their designs. “Come out and support the kids, what they do, and see their work,” Amy Boll explained. “I know the coolest part of it is when the kids print the shirts, and they see it on people, they kind of walk a little taller and more prideful, so its fun to watch them and see their designs floating around the community.” The Pirates Cove store will be open for the Pirates Home Basketball Games on December 1, 2, 12, 16, 19, and 20 from 5:30 p.m. until halftime of the games. Come out to show your support or get Pirate holiday gifts for your family!
