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Uploaded: Thursday, February 21, 2013, 7:37 AM
Updated: Saturday, February 23, 2013, 8:52 AM
Donate prom dresses to the Princess Project
Organization provides free dresses to Bay Area girls who otherwise could not afford them
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by Dolores Fox Ciardelli
Pleasanton Weekly Staff
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 | Ladies: Do you have any fancy dresses hanging around your closet? Give them a new chance at life - but, more importantly, donate them to a teenage girl so she can feel beautiful for a night.
The Princess Project provides free prom dresses to Bay Area girls who otherwise could not afford them, and this year collections are taking place through Sunday. Pleasanton's drop-off site is Stoneridge Shopping Center, at guest services on the lower floor of the mall. Dresses should be dry-cleaned and on a hanger.
The Princess Project began in 2002 when a high school girl in a youth leadership program happened to mention to staff members that lots of girls can't go to their proms because they don't have the money to buy a dress or accessories.
The women realized that they and many of their friends had dresses from parties, their daughters' proms and weddings that they would be glad to donate. The Princess Project, run entirely by volunteers, was born. It now helps about 4,000 girls each year at its March giveaways in San Francisco, Silicon Valley and San Diego.
The volunteers also hold fundraisers to help with expenses since some gowns and many accessories have to be purchased. And they have to work to get someone to donate space for the spring dress drive and giveaways.
To learn more, visit www.princessproject.org.
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Posted by Mr. Cranky, a resident of the Kottinger Ranch neighborhood, on Feb 21, 2013 at 11:01 am What a screwed up society we live in. I'm sure the people behind The Princess Project have their hearts in the right place, (Word removed by Pleasanton Weekly Online staff) Their mission statement includes: "...promotes self-confidence and individual beauty by providing prom dresses and accessories to high school girls who cannot otherwise afford them." So what are we reinforcing here??? If you don't have a nice dress and *accessories* then what? You're ugly? You shouldn't go to your prom unless you have this stuff?
I thought the whole idea behind the concept of "individual beauty" is that none of us are defined by our material possessions or outward appearance. Isn't the Princess Project reinforcing exactly the opposite?
Celebrating 10 years of Time, Talent, & Taffeta! I call Shenanigans! You people should go out and find something more worthwhile to do with your time and clothes.
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Posted by Doug, a member of the Foothill High School community, on Feb 21, 2013 at 12:04 pm Dear Mr. Cranky,
Are you not forgetting your audience? Most of us are Pleasantonians, last time I checked. If your values don't conform with ours, I recommend you find somewhere to live - someplace maybe where money isn't the be-all end-all of everything, and people talk about justice at least as much as they talk about freedom (trans., possessive individualism).
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