Pre Occupied

Hello Fellow Givers! I miss you guys. I have to admit, my mind, heart, and soul has been in Monterrey, Mexico where my best friend was in a medically induced coma last week so I've been slacking on getting us geared up for our February Project.

Without further delay.........

Imagine this....You are a sophomore in high school, this economy has really hit your family. Mom & Dad are both working full time, overtime and barely making ends meet. You didn't get much for Christmas and all the little luxuires are gone

Thank goodness you can walk to school. While at school, you are walking into homeroom just as your crush, "hottie" senior football player, BMOC, yells, "Jessie, wait up!". You stop. You're heart doesn't it.... beats faster. He says, "I don't want to make you late but, will you go to Prom with me?" That rapidly beating heart, flip flops! But, you are cool and say, "Sure, I'd love to". He says "Great, let's work on the details later". DETAILS??? The only thing you can think of is THE DRESS. THE PROM DRESS. The dress that will be in photographs all over your parent's home for years to come. The dress that will make or break the night. The most important dress of your life (well, other than your wedding dress)

Then, you get sad, you know with the household budget as it is, a frivolous dress, worn for only one night, for just a few hours, won't be a possibility. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO????

You are going to be a modern day Cinderella, through the Cinderella Affair program.

Friends, PLEASE clean your daughter's closet, ask your co-workers, friends, family, sisters, for dresses, shoes, earrings, necklaces, party dresses, bags & baubles, PROM STUFF. These girls need us! Remember how fun YOUR prom was? (my mom still has the photos up 20 years later)

Last year, the Tempe Unified School District had 1,100 girls lined up to "shop" at the Pyle Adult Recreation Center. This year Tempe girls get 1st dibs on March 26th from 9am-4pm, then the 27th any Junior or Senior with an I.D. is welcome.

If you are interested in donating any of these items, please let me know! To read more about this amazing event go to www.cinderellaaffair.org. If you click on collection sites it will tell you where you can drop off the dresses!

Love & Party Dresses

AJR