Prom Closet - LSC-CyFair

9th Annual Prom Dress Give-Away - Dates below for Spring 2013

• Since 2004, started by CyFair ISD senior LaShanta Green, Lone Star College Teen Librarian Elise Sheppard and LSC-CF Friends of the Library President Nancy Flanakin.
• For teens who are unable to afford to buy a dress or for those on a tight budget. *A dress is free & to keep.
• Donations accepted all year long. WE ARE LACKING IN DRESSES SIZE 18 AND UP.
  
• Sponsored by the Lone Star College-CyFair Branch Library, Friends of the Library, and the Harris County Public Library System.       

Photos from the 8th Annual Prom Dress Give-Away, Spring 2012

If you need a prom dress

Contact:
1. The Youth Service Specialist at your high school
or
2. Prom Closet organizer directly: LSC-CF Teen Librarian Elise Sheppard at 281-290-5248, elise.j.sheppard@lonestar.edu

Flier (PDF)

RULES & REGULATIONS, Flier (PDF)
*Due to the large number of people who attend the event and for chaos not to ensue, it is important that everyone follow some simple rules, be respectful of others, and not to feel entitled. The rules and regulations are linked here and are posted in front of the event room on the dates listed below. We sponsor the event so that young women (not their moms) on a budget can hopefully each find one free dress in order that they can attend and enjoy their proms. For those who cannot or who are unwilling to follow the rules, you will have to leave the event sans dress. Thank you for your consideration and your help in continuing the Prom Closet.

2013 DATES TO GET A DRESS

Dates	Times	Room - LSC-CF Branch Library
March 15 (Fri.)	1:00 - 4:00pm	Library room 131
March 16 (Sat.)	1:00 - 4:00pm	Library room 131
March 17 (Sun.)	1:00 - 3:30pm	Library room 131
April 19 (Fri.	3:30 - 5:30pm	Library room 131
April 20 (Sat.)	1:00 - 3:30pm	Library room 131

To donate a dress and accessories

• Flier (PDF)
• All dress sizes: 0 - 30 (Please donate plus-size dresses!)
• Accessories: Shoes, handbags, jewelry, hair pieces, shawls, new and unused make-up and toiletries, etc.
• Perfect condition: Clean (but not necessarily dry-cleaned), undamaged, stylish, no velvet!
• Delivery instructions: Take donations to Lone Star College - CyFair Branch Library Circulation/Customer Service Desk anytime the library is open. Or take in a plastic bag to any Harris County Public Library branch that is convenient to you and ask the staff to put in the delivery bins to Lone Star College - CyFair Branch Library.
• Dresses and accessories are accepted all year long.
• Thank you for helping a young woman attend her prom, military awards banquet, musical performance and other special occasions.

Many beautiful dresses have been generously donated by the following stores:

• The Silver Hanger, Katy, TX: http://www.thesilverhanger.com/

• Eesh Formals, Houston, TX: http://eeshformal.tripod.com/

TV Interviews

• (Below) Looking for a prom dress? We found ones for free! http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/video?id=8570991, Stretch Your Dollar with Patricia Lopez, ABC Channel 13, Houston, March 6, 2012.

• (Below) A Closet of Prom Dresses, Diplomas, http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/110401-a-closet-of-prom-dresss-diplomas, Pattie Shieh, Fox 26 News, Houston, April 1, 2011.

• (Below) Groups offering free prom dresses for needy, http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/video?id=8027770, Stretch your Dollar, Patricia Lopez, ABC Channel 13, Houston, March 22, 2011.  

Contact the LSC-CyFair Library: chat | e-mail | voice - 281.290.3214 | text - 832.463.0478 
Maintained by: E. Sheppard-Teen Librarian 
elise.j.sheppard@lonestar.edu or 281-290-5248