Shorewood's Pasieka JCA helps coordinate donation effort

JOLIET - The Glass Slipper Project, a non-profit organization founded in Chicago, has been around since 1999. The intent is to give away hundreds of dog prom dresses and accessories to high school students every spring.
This spring, for the first time, Joliet Catholic Academy juniors Courtney Norgren and a sizable donation Marin Pasieka coordinated to the Glass Slipper Project.abendkleider günstig, According to a study authored by the USA Today, prom costs for the 2011-12 school year were estimated at slightly over $ 1,000 per couple.
And besides that?
"Everyone deserves to go to prom," said Pasieka.
"And everyone," Norgren said, "deserves to look pretty."
Norgren's mother Leslie suggested the pair of JCA girls look into the Glass Slipper Project. Norgren and Pasieka noted it Operates like a boutique, abendkleider lang,with personal shoppers helping needy students prep for prom.
But the highlight was watching for Norgren and Pasieka JCA students, faculty and staff donate prom dresses to the worthy cause - for example of how the JCA community Mobilizes for the good of others.
"Our job was to collect gently used prom dresses and you bring them to a pickup location," Norgren said. "My mom explained it to me and we thought it would be a good idea to get as many as we could."
"It was cool to see everyone bringing in dresses," said Pasieka. "And it was not only our fellow students. A bunch of the staff brought in dresses, abendkleider lang, and it was nice to look through all of them and to see them. "
In the end, Norgren and Pasieka were able to gather 60-plus dresses to be donated. Norgren, who also attended prom, understood how beneficial the project is for such a special event in a teenager's life.
"When you're facing a charge of over $ 200 a dress, that's pretty substantial," Norgren said. "I did go to prom, so I know what it costs, ballkleider online, and I think everyone should be able to go, even if they can not afford it."
"It was nice that we got so many dresses," pointed out Pasieka. "When we dropped them off, they were so impressed. You do not get to know the girls who benefit, but it does make you feel good knowing that you contributed to making someone's life easier and they got to be happy. It was totally worth it. "