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Spring Prom Dress Recycle
Working Together to Create
Happy Memories
Kindly support the Prom Dress Recycle by donating your dresses and encourage others to do so
by circulating and posting the attached flyer.
Additional information is below.
Give your gowns a second chance to dance! The annual "Silver Lining" Prom Dress Recycle is seeking donations of up-to-date formal dresses, cleaned and ready to wear (on hangers please). Jewelry, purses and shoes in "like new" condition are also wanted to benefit teens with financial need.
The collection site is St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 661 Old Post Road, Mon-Fri 9:00 am-8:00 pm; Sat & Sun 9:00 am-6:00 pm. For a donation receipt, please attach name address and e-mail or provide a SASE. All gown and clothing donations must be received by Sunday, March 20th.
The Expo will be held Friday, April 1st, 2:00-4:00 pm; Saturday, Apr 2nd, 11:00 am-4:00 pm, and Sunday, Apr 3rd, 1:00-4:00 pm at St. John's Episcopal Church, corner of Fairfield and Park Ave, Bridgeport. Hundreds of new and nearly new formal dresses are available to teens throughout Connecticut.
Walk-ins are welcome. A $10 donation is requested from those who have the ability to pay.
Link to "Silver Lining Prom Dress Expo"
Sponsored by St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Community Outreach
http://www.stpaulsfairfield.org/content.cfm?id=2048
 Spring Prom Dress Flyer
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When Alberta Vargas began this program for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, she worked with St. John’s Episcopal of Bridgeport, using their Parish Hall to display the dresses. She reached out to Covenant to Care for Children for help in collecting prom dresses from other churches in the region, and also as a means of reaching all the local social workers. Wilton Congregational delivered 19 dresses and accessories that first year.
Meanwhile, The Wilton Woman's Club and a group of high school students had begun a program to collect gently worn prom dresses for girls at Harding High in Bridgeport. They had collected more than 300 dresses but could not find a venue for displaying them. Genia Meinhold read in the eNews about St. Paul’s Episcopal Church’s outreach volunteer work with Covenant to Care for Children. Everyone decided to join forces.
The stained glass windows in St. John’s Parish Hall in Bridgeport make a beautiful background for displaying recycled prom dresses. Literally hundreds of dresses are available on April 1, 2, and 3, 2011 for selection by young women, who otherwise would be unable to afford to go to their high school prom. All dresses which might be unclaimed go to the Community Closet in Bridgeport and all of the dresses are expected to find new owners.
The young women, many of whom come with their social workers, go through whichever rack hold dresses in their size. After making some selections, they retire to an adjacent room to try them on.
After choosing a dress, the young women pick out shoes, evening purses, and jewelry to match their choice. They are also offered free samples of cosmetics.
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St. John’s Episcopal
Parish Hall
Bridgeport, CT |
Alberta
Vargas
Community Outreach Committee, St. Paul’s Episcopal,
Fairfield, CT |
Meral
Prewitt, Covenant to Care,
with Genia |
Continued
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