4th Annual Ultra Chic Prom Boutique is Ultra Successful
Nearly 1,500 Dresses Collected; $9,400 Raised for Lydia House
2011 was a record-setting year for the Ultra Chic Prom Boutique with nearly 1,600 dresses for sale at the one-day event and raising $9,400 for the Lydia House. Donations from the dress and raffle ticket sales from this year's event bring Max I. Walker’s total donations to nearly $28,000.
All of the dresses were collected at the 25 Max I. Walker locations throughout the metro area. Max I. Walker and our employees donated the cleaning, pressing and preparation of all 1,600 gowns, making them look as good as new to sell at the Ultra Chic Prom Boutique. Shoppers included high school students, college students and brides-to-be who all found their perfect dress at the Boutique!
And the good news doesn’t end there as all of the remaining dresses were donated to the Open Door Mission’s Timberlake Outreach Center and Women's Career Workshop. The Timberlake Outreach Center serves more than 7,500 homeless and working poor individuals and families each month to help supplement their income, preventing homelessness.
After the women and teenagers from the Lydia House review the dresses as part of their career workshop, the remainder will be available to the community at the Timberlake Outreach Center. For more information on the good works of the Open Door Mission, please visit www.opendoormission.org.
We are already looking ahead for next year’s Ultra Chic Prom Boutique, and are accepting dress donations at any of our 25 stores.
Click to view more photos from the 2011 Ultra Chic Prom Boutique
A big THANK YOU to this year’s sponors:
