Bless a Dress offers free prom gowns
For many high school upperclassmen, prom season brings glamour, tradition and celebration to the end of a long school year.
A Western Pennsylvania couple has worked for the past seven years to help make the event possible for those in need.
Michelle Simon and her husband, Don, took over the Bless a Dress program from the K-LOVE Christian radio station in 2015. The program offers free donated prom dresses and shoes to girls who cannot afford their own during an event in the spring.
“There’s no registration, we don’t ask for any kind of financial proof that you are a low- income family,” Michelle Simon said. “We always tell the girls that the cost of the dress is your gift of kindness to someone else — so, basically just pay it forward.”
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