Bring New Meaning To Fashion Forward
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November 30, 2009 • Mari Knehans
Filed under Features, Top Stories
Each year the young women of WCA spend large amounts of money on Christmas Banquet dresses and accessories. These beautiful gowns are more like one hit wonders: they experience an instance of fame and then retire to the back of a closet awaiting another opportunity to shine like a washed-up pop star.
The Glass Slipper Organization was founded in 1999 on the core belief of that “sometimes achieving a larger dream means first making a small one happen.” Durian Carter, Katherine Goldberg Shaw, and Rachel Hart Klayman, co-founders of the organization, provide a dreamy prom experience for girls in the inner city of Chicago by collecting dresses, accessories, and makeup that have been gently used and giving them to these teenagers for free, in order to make a minor wish become a unexpected reality. The Glass Slipper Operation offers another chance for these dresses to experience a second memorable night out.
The project is highly esteemed and was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show in April of 1999. It has also been promoted in magazines such as Women’s Day Magazine and Family Circle. The organization works hard to keep donations coming by encouraging public awareness.
The impact of The Glass Slipper Project is evident on the vibrant smiling faces of the “Cinderella” students as they leave the project center with everything they need to look striking at their prom. Many mothers write back to The Glass Slipper Project thanking them for all they provide to their stunning young women.
“I’m writing to say thank you to everyone involved in The Glass Slipper Project. My daughter and I were there and we were able to find a beautiful dress, shoes, and accessories for her prom. I think what you do for the girls is wonderful!”
Another mother said following her daughter’s experience, “Thank you for putting a smile on my daughter’s face. You have no idea how much that means to me.”
Even the volunteers are impacted by the self-less gift the project provides.
“This was one of the best experiences I have ever been a part of. Everyone treat[s] each other with the utmost respect and courtesy.”
Many Westminster young women are willing to admit that their old CB dresses are still sitting in the backs of their closets collecting dust and are rarely worn a second time. There is nothing holding the WCA community back from donating to this foundation.
“I have a tone of old cotillion dresses that I don’t wear anymore. I would be willing to give away those dresses as well as my CB dress. This sounds like a great cause,” said Amanda Radasch, WCA sophomore.
The Glass Slipper Project’s effort is a challenge to all WCA teenage girls to share the blessings God has given to them with other young women in need. The project accepts donations by mail and a road trip to Chicago could be fun as well as charitable if a group of WCA students chose to travel the 293 miles from St. Louis to Chicago to volunteer. Allow your one hit wonder to become someone else’s top of the charts debut single.
Donation Information:
Glass Slipper Project
c/o Central Blacktop, Co. Inc.
P.O. Box 20800 6160 S. East Avenuse
LaGrange, IL 60525
More Information:
www.glassslipperproject.org
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