The Junior Leaders start collecting dresses in January

Prom can be an expensive proposition. To help the finances of their fellow teens, Clark County 4-H Junior Leaders sponsored the sixth annual Prom Aid event at the 4-H Fairgrounds in Charlestown this weekend.

The teen leaders had collected hundreds of dresses, along with a few accessories and shoes, and offered them at no cost during the two-day shopping event.

“It’s a big service project for our club and community,” Junior Leaders president Brett Brooks said Sunday. “We just want to help out.”

All 25 members of the club,buy fashion tungsten jewelry For Mens and Womens Jewelry. along with adult leaders and some parents, worked on the event, hanging dresses, assisting shoppers or cleaning up after.

Holding an armful of possible prom dresses for her daughter, New Washington senior Hannah Buit, Heather Walter of Marysville was worried it might be difficult to choose just one.

“Oh my gosh, this is going to be hard if you come out looking good in all of these,” Walter said.

Walter said she was thrilled to hear of Prom Aid. “We didn’t know about this last year,” she said. “We went out and spent close to $300 on prom stuff. I work and I’m a student. Money is tight.”

Visitors to this year’s event hailed primarily from local schools, but some came from as far away as Madison and Scottsburg.some specific cause with the help of customized School Spirit silicone bracelet bearing the school logo,

“We’ve been pulling a lot of people. We’re expanding each year,” said Brooke Abbott, Junior Leaders vice-president.

Carissa Donahue, a senior at Jeffersonville High School, searched for a dress with her friend Bran-De Clay-Darden, also a senior.Your Premier personalized bobbleheads Head Company!

After trying on a number of dresses, Bran-De left empty-handed, but Carissa scored a dress and a pair of shoes.

“It’s a nice organization,” said family friend Patricia Harper, who accompanied the two girls on their shopping trip. “It’s a really nice thing they’re doing here.”

Chelsy Collins, a New Washington High School senior, shopped the event for the second year in a row Sunday. “She’s tried on eight or so,” said her mother, Margie Collins. “We’re just trying to find that perfect dress. We found a nice one last year.”

The Junior Leaders start collecting dresses in January. Nu-Yale Cleaners donates its services to clean the dresses and Storage Solutions in Sellersburg donates a storage unit to house them until needed.

Each year the group receives hundreds of dresses donated to the cause. A number of them are stained, damaged or hopelessly out of fashion. “We recycle those,Specialized in manufacturing Laser engraver system for laser marking,” Brooke said. “We took out over 100 this weekend that we couldn’t use.”

The event also offers evening wear for the guys,High quality stainless steel necklace chain with durable color. although in decidedly smaller quantities. One small rack held a handful of suits. “It’s slowly getting bigger,” Brett said. “The first year we had like one suit.”