Prom Boutique
Those interested in being Boutique Donors please contact Valerie Tindill, vtindill@eckan.org, or call 785-418-181
The 9th Annual Prom Boutique – March 5, 2016
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Making prom affordable for all families is the annual goal of the Prom Boutique. The 9th Annual Prom Boutique, sponsored by the Ottawa Volunteer Center of ECKAN, will be held at:
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
301 S. Hickory
Ottawa, KS 66067
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Thank you for your support of Prom Boutique 2015 sponsored by ECKAN, in conjunction with Green Prom Movement, was a fun filled day of free dresses, prizes, and refreshments. Green Prom Movement started the day with a fashion show highlighting a modeling team of 12 local high school girls. Miss Kansas United States, Victoria Wiggins, and Miss Teen Kansas United States, Tobie Roberts, Emceed the fashion show, and helped girls find their perfect prom dress. Forty-two girls and guests from nine high schools in four counties selected from over 400 beautiful formal dresses that had been donated by individuals with the community and beyond. Many girls were accompanied by family members who enjoyed helping in the dress selection process, and also enjoyed the generosity of food donors: Dairy Queen, Daylight Donuts, Kimber Corn, and volunteer Jan Smith. Due to the excellent recruiting skills of volunteer Lenni Gaicin and the generosity of local merchants and individuals, many girls attending the boutique received a door prize and at least 26 girls went home with a dress. To produce this event 13 volunteers gave over 65 hours of their time and planning, setting up, and dismantling as well as working the event on, Saturday, February 21. A special thanks to Royal Dry Cleaners, The Pink Suitcase, and M@N Sports for loaning their dress racks. Our biggest thank you is to First Baptist Church, the location of this year’s Prom Boutique.
ECKAN and Green Prom Movement are thankful to everyone who made the event a reality!
Participants by High School: Ottawa High School –Franklin County –4 students
Ottawa Middle School-Franklin County-2 students West Franklin High School –Franklin County – 5 students Central Heights High School –Franklin County – 9 student Wellsville High School – Franklin County – 3 students Marais Des Cygnes Valley – Osage County – 1 students Lawrence High School-Douglas County-3 students
Baldwin High School-Douglas County-3 students Anderson County High School –Anderson County – 10 students
Participants of Prom Boutique 2015 said: Prom Boutique was… |
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“Fun! Great variety of dresses! It was definitely worth the time.” |
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“Everyone was extremely friendly and helpful. I got a beautiful dress too! |
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“Had fun looking and trying on dresses.” |
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“Sooooo many dresses!” |
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“Fun! I would do it again.” |
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“A lot of cute dresses and shoes and much more!” |
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“A great way to get a prom dress.” |
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“A great variety of styles and service. Thank you so much.” |
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“Amazing, wonderful, great. I had a blast.” |
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“A blast! I found my PERFECT prom dress! The volunteers were great and everything was easy as 1,2,3 to go through! I appreciate all the volunteers very much.” |
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“Very good. You had a good selection of dresses. So far your best year!” |
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“Amazing. It was very helpful and had gorgeous dresses.” |
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“Our first time–very nice concept–didn’t find what we were looking for. Snacks were awesome.” |
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“A really great idea and I loved it; everyone was nice and helpful.” |
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“Very well planned out. I enjoyed it and found a gorgeous dress!” |
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“Bonita. Gracias. Es bueno regalo.” |
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“A great experience! I was very happy to find a dress. I will definitely tell my friends to come next year.” |
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“Great! I loved every part of it. It helped out a lot!” |
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“Pretty amazing! I got a lot of help and it went smoothly. Thanks so much!” |
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“Great. Found my dress and more!! Thumbs up!!” |
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“Great! I thought I wasn’t going to find one, but I did!” |
From Valerie Tindill, Prom Boutique Coordinator: “Thank you to everyone who made this year’s event such a success! As you can see in the quotes from the participants, your contribution makes a difference! I look forward to working with you on Prom Boutique 2016!”