The city of Chattanooga Parks and Recreation’s Prevention and Youth Development Division, South Chattanooga Community Center, and Chattanooga Parent Magazine are partnering with Rescue Prom to offer thousands of prom dresses to area teenagers.
This is an effort to give young ladies who may not be able to afford such a dress, a night to remember at their 2012 Prom. Rescue Prom, created in the wake of the tragic April 27 tornadoes, has once again secured thousands of dresses, shoes, and accessories to be given away Saturday, Feb. 25, at the South Chattanooga Complex starting at 9:30 a.m.
“We are proud to put a little joy into the thousands of young lady’s hearts this prom season” says Crystal Cardieux of Rescue Prom. “We are thrilled that the public has embraced us with our effort.”
The city’s Prevention and Youth Development staff and Rescue Prom staff will accept clean prom dresses on hangers Friday, Feb. 24, at South Chattanooga Community Center from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Donations for tux rentals will also be accepted by Rescue Prom both Friday and Saturday, with a seamstress to measure young men and ladies for appropriate sizes. Numerous prom accessories will also be available.
Contact Ms. Cadieux at 298-4246 or by email at crystal.cadieux@yahoo.com for information on donating, volunteering or signing a teen up to participate. For information on the location, contact South Chattanooga Community Center at 425-3550.
Volunteers are still needed on both days for collection, distribution and organizing.
Rescue Prom is part of a nationwide effort titled Becca’s Closet, in an effort to provide prom dresses to thousands of young ladies who normally could not afford such an occasion.