Yes She Can’s job skills program is delivered at Girl AGain, a resale boutique for American Girl dolls, accessories, and books. Visit us in White Plains, New York.
Our resale store serves as a training site for Yes She Can, where participants can learn, practice, and apply job skills and techniques in a hands-on work environment.
Yet, we operate Girl AGain like any other business – we meet customer needs efficiently and effectively.
We have built a business around a particular interest: American Girl merchandise. Our customers include first-time buyers as well as long-time collectors. While most are girls between 7 and 10, our customers include boys and men as well as teen girls and women. We embrace our diverse customers, and our customers appreciate our trainees.
While most typical girls lose interest in their dolls when they reach middle school, girls with autism do not experience the social pressure to put their dolls away. Some of our trainees still have a great passion and developed expertise in their American Girl doll collection. This expertise has a market value. It can also create other business skills that can be transferred to jobs in a competitive work environment. While not all trainees have an affinity for AG, they learn from all the tasks involved in running the business.
We aim to enable young individuals to increase their potential to get and keep a job where they can shine.
Resale Value
The advantage of the resale business is that there are many and varied business tasks, and trainees can either specialize in what they like best or choose to expand their skills. Micro-tasks include:
- Sorting through donated clothes and creating complete outfits (skirt, shirt, jacket, shoes, socks)
- Pricing products competitively by researching and comparing prices on eBay
- Cleaning dolls
- Researching the doll’s original hairstyle and styling the doll’s hair
- Price tagging the merchandise
- Taking photos for marketing
- Posting content on digital platforms
A word from our customers
Why I shop
“We took a road trip today to see this special Gem! Girl AGain is a really great place to visit. We loved the shop and the manager and her intern were so pleasant and knowledgeable! We cannot wait to go back. Thank you for a wonderful experience and we loved our goodies we purchased! Best of luck and continued success!”
— Evelyn Rivera-Lipnicky, Warwick, NY
“I wish I could live here!”
— Ava R., White Plains, NY
Visit us in White Plains. Girl AGain
