Fairy Glam Project and USAgain Partner Again for Annual Prom Dress Giveaway

Is your closet full of dresses you no longer wear? Now, you can clean your closet, help the environment and give back to high school girls by recycling your special occasion dresses.

Fairy Glam Project, a partnership between Nspire 2 Dream and clothing recycler USAgain, is now collecting dresses to donate to young girls in need of a prom dress for that special occasion.

Fairy Glam Project provides St. Louis and Illinois high school juniors and seniors facing financial hardships with an opportunity to select a new or gently used prom dress at no cost.

Dresses may be dropped off at green and white USAgain bins located throughout the St. Louis and Metro East area. The process is simple for donors - bag your surplus dresses, label the bag PROM with a permanent marker and drop off the dresses in the local USAgain bins. For a complete list of drop-off locations, visit www.usagain.com orwww.nspire2dream.org.

All collected dresses will be made available at a dress boutique at North Technical High School 1700 Derhake Road in Florissant, on March 12 from 10 am to 3 pm.

Potential shoppers must fill out an application and submit a reference to confirm financial hardship. Application and qualification details are also available at www.nspire2dream.org

What started off as just an opportunity to help a few girls, has turned into one of the most anticipated events of the prom season. “Each year, this event has increased in popularity and we have added partners such as Dillard’s and Mid Rivers Mall,” said Nspire 2 Dream Founder and Executive Director, Nikole Shurn-Perkins. “We are so excited to be partnering once again with USAgain this year. It is these partnerships that help us make dreams come true.”

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Americans throw out 85 percent of their clothing, amounting to more than 11 million tons of textiles that take up valuable landfill space.

“Communities have the opportunity to help the environment by keeping these dresses out of landfills while also performing a good deed for those in need,” said USAgain CEO Mattias Wallander. “Not everyone has the luxury of purchasing a new prom dress, so we view this program as a “win win” for all involved.