June Community Hero: Princess Project

Want to be a Fairy Godmother?

Okay, I like heard Tamara and Kevin are going! No, Tamara is going with Darrin! I don't know but Kevin just asked me! For all those too old to remember or for those that just want to forget, June is the month for one of those life milemarkers, high school graduation. What girl can think about high school grad and not think about the big "P" word. Yeah, hint, I'm talking about PROM and for most the cost is absurd, something to make most girls a stay-at-home-Cinderella. As if all the drama built up around prom isn't enough...Who's going together? It's that next question, What are you wearing?, that sends most high school girls into hysteria. As economic reality sets in and new questions like college tuition crop into these young adults horizon, many girls are banding together to reject prom because of the mulla.

Two weeks ago, Miss Brunette was driving home and she was listening to a radio station contest that involved paying for high school prom. I almost started crying when one girl's bestfriend called the station, got to the DJ, told her sob story about not going herself because her bestfriend couldn't afford to go, obviously she won the contest, and let the DJ call her bestfriend to tell her happy news-prom is paid! The timid bestfriend that answered told the DJ, between deep heavy sobs, that they had made an oath that since to not go to prom because her family couldn't afford it. Isn't that what best-friends are for? I wasn't expecting to feel so moved listening to a seventeen year old sob and thank God about going to dance! What can anyone one expect! We're women!

Spread the Fairy Dust

The Princess Project in San Fran can make you into an instant fairy godmother. This non-profit organization takes prom dress donations as well as accessories during the month of April. And Bippy-boppy-boo! Over 2,000 girls got dressed in style this month for prom. How can a girl not feel a little bit of that Cinderella effect? The Princess Project isn't just in No Cal, nope, no way! It's across the country. Projects like Inside the Dream are even in a foreign cities like Mississauga of Toronto. Despite the donation drive being closed, there are other ways to get involve. Buy a t-shirt, donate money, or get ready to volunteer. It's all up to you!