Now Accepting Dress Donations
Every year, Max I. Walker customers donate dresses – prom, wedding, bridesmaid, cocktail and other formal gowns – at locations all across the Metro, and then Max I. Walker’s employees generously clean, press and store them. Once ready, the dresses are sold at the Ultra Chic Boutique dress sale event. From 2007 to 2017, the proceeds were donated to the Open Door Mission's Lydia House.
Starting in 2018, the Max I. Walker family began partnering with the Nebraska Alzheimer's Association for the Ultra Chic Boutique. Since 2018, we have raised a total of $70,000 for this worthy cause!
Dress Donations Accepted Year Round
If you have any of these dress types to donate, simply drop them off at your nearest Max I. Walker location:
- Prom & Homecoming Dresses (long or short)
- Modern Wedding Gowns (less than 15 years old)
- Formal & Evening Gowns
For any dresses or items not fitting these catgories, please generously donate them to your nearest Goodwill or another local Omaha charity.
We take dress donations year round! We'll clean, press and prepare your gowns, transforming them into the dress of someone's dreams, then store them until next year's big day.

Don't Have a Dress to Donate?
How about sponsoring a shopper in need who may struggle to come up with the $40 to get a dress. If you are interested in making a tax-deductible donation to the Alzheimer's Association to provide scholarships for our shoppers, email us at [email protected] for more information.

Volunteer & Help Our Shoppers Find Their Dream Dress
If you want to be part of our amazing team for the 2024 event, we'd love to have you! Just mark us down on February 2 and 3 for next year, and then subscribe to our emails. We'll send out more information in late 2023.
Find Your Dream Dress for Prom, HoCo or Your Wedding Day!
What: Thousands of formal, wedding, prom & homecoming dresses
When: Saturday, February 3, 2024
Where: Truhlsen Campus Events Center at UNMC | 42nd & Emile
Formal Dresses: $40 (cash only)
Wedding Gowns: $80 (cash only)
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The Dress Raffle Fashion Show
Due to format changes for the Ultra Chic Boutique event, Max I. Walker will no longer hold the Dress Raffle Fashion Show.
The Dress Flip Design Competition
Due to format changes for the Ultra Chic Boutique event, Max I. Walker will no longer hold the Dress Flip Design Competition.