Free prom dresses help La Follette students
- La Follette High School hosted a giveaway that provided free prom dresses to Madison students in need. - Hundreds of dresses and accessories were available, allowing dozens of students to find affordable formalwear. - Volunteers said the event reduced financial barriers to prom and boosted student confidence (patch.com)
Madison students shopped for prom dresses free at La Follette High School on Wednesday, days before the school’s April 25 prom at Monona Terrace. (wkow.com) (lafollette.madison.k12.wi.us) WKOW reported that Becca’s Closet of Beloit brought more than 1,000 dresses to La Follette for a one-day pop-up. The nonprofit said it provides free formalwear to high school students for prom and homecoming. (wkow.com) (beccascloset.org) La Follette is part of the Madison Metropolitan School District, which says it serves more than 27,000 students across 52 schools. The high school is at 702 Pflaum Road on Madison’s east side. (lafollette.madison.k12.wi.us) The giveaway targeted one of prom’s biggest costs: formalwear that many students wear once. Becca’s Closet says its chapters were created to help students attend milestone school events without missing out because of cost. (beccascloset.org) Groups like Becca’s Closet and Operation Prom National Network run similar programs around the country each spring, collecting donated dresses and distributing them free to students with financial need. Operation Prom says it has spent more than 20 years helping low-income students get dresses and tuxedos for prom. (beccascloset.org) (promnationalnetwork.org) At La Follette, the timing was tight and practical: the school calendar lists prom for Saturday, April 25, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at Monona Terrace. A free pop-up on Wednesday gave students a last-minute chance to find a dress before the dance. (lafollette.madison.k12.wi.us) (gofan.co) By the end of the day, the event turned a donated rack of dresses into something more immediate: a way for Madison students to walk into prom weekend with formalwear already handled. (wkow.com)
