To set up your business, sold her wedding dresses for the capital.
Twenty years later, Needham resident Mary Lou Andre the end of the race, which at $ 300 and great determination, with a party for young girls who need their own clothes is started.
The chairman of the Needham-based image consulting firm in organization, organized by Design, Inc., a fundraiser called to the dress with a first April do to make money for Prom Queen, an increase of charity, that teams with low-income high school girls with prom dresses is not "otherwise.
"Although we call everything revolves around a dress," has nothing to do with the dress, "he said." If those children cry. Everything revolves around them. "
The first April event will be organized a fashion show at Bloomingdale. The money raised will go to supplement shoes, jewelry and handbags donated to buy Prom Dresses Prom Queen. It will also help feed an army of volunteers.
Queen of the Ball event will be held 14th To April. Andre should be 400 girls in party dresses, makeup and cover up-dos.
"To have 400 children dress, the dress 1800", he said. "When they come, is excellent. There are huge racks of clothes size 2-26."
The next shoes to breed pocket books, hair and makeup.
"You are assigned a personal shopper," said Andrew. "They made Cinderella, the fans, yellow, blue. Just a good feeling."
Queen of the festival was created by Anton cleaner, a cleaning service in Massachusetts and New Hampshire eight years ago. Since then, received more than 1,900 girls prom dresses, according to the site of Anton.
"I think fashion and fundraising go together," said Andrew.
It is a motto that has lived through.
When she was working at his company, which currently advises a mix of business and residential customers in the locker room and a professional presentation to start, Andrew was involved in a women's shelter called Shadows in Natick.
She has collected and donated a line wedding dresses to housing to establish a center for donated clothes, and be built like an organized closet.
He was involved in the prom queen since its inception in 2005.
Today, Andrew is a board member of Dress for Success Boston, a charitable organization, professional clothing for women who can not afford it offers.
Clothing is the key to women who are trying to rebuild his life again, he said.
"If you can not get the costume, you can not do the job, and if you do not do the job, then you can not do this costume," he said.
There are still tickets for all on a dress. Tickets are $ 45 and a fashion show, snacks, a goodie bag, and the opportunity to bid on baskets by design. Tickets can be purchased online here.
Anyone can donate prom dresses it up to the first April make every Anton cleaning or furniture shop in Jordan. You can also show to be left in the fashion.
All of a dress is used by 13.00 bis 04.00 clock held at Simmons College in Boston, Linda K. Paresky Conference Center.
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