It has begun! Donation boxes are being set out at every Prestige Cleaner’s in Knoxville this weekend where you can help out a great cause by donating prom/formal dresses that you no longer wear. Locals in Knoxville will be able to buy the donated dresses at great prices($25-$200) in March and all proceeds will go to benefit our Saint Michel Secondary School in Haiti. To see coverage from the last 2011 event check out the Knoxnews article: UT club’s dress sale to aid Haitian town and see the video and photo links on the side for more! For more current info on our program and construction progress read through our most recent blogs. We’ve got lots going on!
The event will be held at the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame again on Saturday, March 3rd.
Josh Ault from WATE6 met us at the downtown location and covered the setting out of the first box. All boxes will be out by Monday. The segment went on at 6pm but will re-air at 11pm tonight!
“KNOXVILLE (WATE) – An non-profit organization is collecting formal dresses to raise money to help people in Haiti.
On Saturday, members of the Haiti Outreach Program, based in Knoxville, set out boxes at the ten Prestige Cleaner locations in the Knoxville area.
For the third year, organizers hope to sell used prom and formal dresses and use the money raised to help the people of Boucan Carre, Haiti.
Organizers say it’s also a great way for families looking for prom dresses to get a great deal.
“If you have old prom dresses, or dresses that are formal, but are in good condition, we are taking donations,” said Caitlin Stevens, a Haiti Outreach Program Communications intern. “Prestige will clean them for us for free, and then we are going to have a fashion show in early March and resell them for a really great price.”
Last year, the Haiti Outreach Program raised more than $10,000 for the people of Haiti at this event alone.”
WATE6: “Outreach Program collecting formal dresses for Haiti”
It has begun! Donation boxes are being set out at every Prestige Cleaner’s in Knoxville this weekend where you can help out a great cause by donating prom/formal dresses that you no longer wear. Locals in Knoxville will be able to buy the donated dresses at great prices($25-$200) in March and all proceeds will go to benefit our Saint Michel Secondary School in Haiti. To see coverage from the last 2011 event check out the Knoxnews article: UT club’s dress sale to aid Haitian town and see the video and photo links on the side for more! For more current info on our program and construction progress read through our most recent blogs. We’ve got lots going on!
The event will be held at the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame again on Saturday, March 3rd.
Josh Ault from WATE6 met us at the downtown location and covered the setting out of the first box. All boxes will be out by Monday. The segment went on at 6pm but will re-air at 11pm tonight!
“KNOXVILLE (WATE) – An non-profit organization is collecting formal dresses to raise money to help people in Haiti.
On Saturday, members of the Haiti Outreach Program, based in Knoxville, set out boxes at the ten Prestige Cleaner locations in the Knoxville area.
For the third year, organizers hope to sell used prom and formal dresses and use the money raised to help the people of Boucan Carre, Haiti.
Organizers say it’s also a great way for families looking for prom dresses to get a great deal.
“If you have old prom dresses, or dresses that are formal, but are in good condition, we are taking donations,” said Caitlin Stevens, a Haiti Outreach Program Communications intern. “Prestige will clean them for us for free, and then we are going to have a fashion show in early March and resell them for a really great price.”
Last year, the Haiti Outreach Program raised more than $10,000 for the people of Haiti at this event alone.”