On Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, Utica High School’s Student Council announced that they would be selling T-shirts for the Purple-Out football game that is set to take place on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, at Dakota High School. However, the t-shirts were not just sold to flood the student section with purple, but rather to support a larger cause. Utica High School had partnered with Turning Point Macomb, an organization that aims to help and empower survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, and human trafficking.
“We decided this year that we were going to switch it up,” senior Student Council President Brooke Stalker said. “We wanted to do [anti-]domestic violence.”
Stalker also wished to spread awareness on this cause as she believes it doesn’t get enough attention.
“We don’t publicize it enough, for lack of a better word,” Stalker said. “I think it’s really important to shed light on that because a lot of people are going through it and you would really never know.”
With the help of the leadership class, Utica’s Student Council was able to produce and sell t-shirts and wristbands, as well as create flyers and incentives for buying merchandise to help support the fundraiser.
“We designed the shirts for the [anti] domestic violence game, and we made the post for it,” Stalker said. “We’re basically doing everything in our leadership class, so that was extremely helpful.”
Previously spreading awareness about breast cancer and childhood leukemia, Utica’s Student Council and leadership class wanted to expand their support to other local organizations.
“We did this cause specifically because we wanted to introduce more ideas,” senior Student Council member Nikolina Anceski said. “We wanted to bring light to that because this organization allows people, for free, to get help.”
By Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, Utica’s Student Council had sold out of t-shirts in support of Turning Point Macomb.
Current student council members have begun considering what other causes they would like to see supported in the future.
“Personally, what I would love to see is supporting an organization that helps with homelessness,” Anceski said. “Especially in our grade level and lower.”
With the support of Utica High School students and the efforts of the leadership class, Student Council hopes to continue supporting various causes.
