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Meredith Mickey
Issue date: 2/22/08 Section: News
The South Carolina Bar Association is making prom possible this year for some Columbia girls.
High school girls across the country head to dress boutiques each spring to find the perfect prom dress. Many girls are unable to afford the large price tag attached to the perfect dress.
When price becomes an issue, the Cinderella Project allows high school girls to still look beautiful at their prom without having to pay the high prices.
Anne Marie Hempy, a lawyer at Turner Padget Graham and Laney, P.A., serves on the Cinderella Project committee.
"Last year, 257 girls came to look through the dresses and about 210 girls found a dress that they liked," Hempy said. She said this is the seventh year the SCBA has supported the project in South Carolina.
The project helps girls in 12 counties across the United States find dresses to wear to their prom.
Dresses, along with shoes, handbags, jewelry and unused makeup, are donated by individuals or businesses. Volunteers help to organize the dresses and accessories so that the girls will be able to browse through the selection in order to find the perfect dress.
Brooke Mulenex, a fourth-year political science student and co-worker of Hempy at the law firm, is promoting the project on campus.
The Carolina Judicial Council has helped Mulenex promote the Cinderella Project on Greene Street on Monday and Wednesday.
"I want to help, and hopefully, this will make a difference," Mulenex said.
This year, the dress boutique will be set up at the Law School on Saturday, March 8. The girls will be allowed to browse through dresses from 9 a.m. until noon.
"About 40 different high schools brought girls to look through the dresses last year," Hempy said.
Some sororities, along with other service organizations, are participating by donating dresses as well as other items to the cause, which will help to provide enough dresses so that each girl who visits the boutique will have an equal chance of finding a dress.
"All of the items that are donated to the Cinderella Project will be given free of charge to the girls who find dresses that they like," Mulenex said.
The project committee asks that all items be donated by March 2.
High school girls across the country head to dress boutiques each spring to find the perfect prom dress. Many girls are unable to afford the large price tag attached to the perfect dress.
When price becomes an issue, the Cinderella Project allows high school girls to still look beautiful at their prom without having to pay the high prices.
Anne Marie Hempy, a lawyer at Turner Padget Graham and Laney, P.A., serves on the Cinderella Project committee.
"Last year, 257 girls came to look through the dresses and about 210 girls found a dress that they liked," Hempy said. She said this is the seventh year the SCBA has supported the project in South Carolina.
The project helps girls in 12 counties across the United States find dresses to wear to their prom.
Dresses, along with shoes, handbags, jewelry and unused makeup, are donated by individuals or businesses. Volunteers help to organize the dresses and accessories so that the girls will be able to browse through the selection in order to find the perfect dress.
Brooke Mulenex, a fourth-year political science student and co-worker of Hempy at the law firm, is promoting the project on campus.
The Carolina Judicial Council has helped Mulenex promote the Cinderella Project on Greene Street on Monday and Wednesday.
"I want to help, and hopefully, this will make a difference," Mulenex said.
This year, the dress boutique will be set up at the Law School on Saturday, March 8. The girls will be allowed to browse through dresses from 9 a.m. until noon.
"About 40 different high schools brought girls to look through the dresses last year," Hempy said.
Some sororities, along with other service organizations, are participating by donating dresses as well as other items to the cause, which will help to provide enough dresses so that each girl who visits the boutique will have an equal chance of finding a dress.
"All of the items that are donated to the Cinderella Project will be given free of charge to the girls who find dresses that they like," Mulenex said.
The project committee asks that all items be donated by March 2.
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