There’s spring cleaning and fall refresh, and if you’re about to clean the closet, a group in Fort Worth wants to do something good with your fancy clothes.<\/p>\n
“Bring dresses. Bring tuxedos. Bring them on hangers. And in return, we’re hosting an event to celebrate you,” said Christy Dunaway Smith, organizer of the Your Dress Their Dream event.<\/p>\n
Tuxedos? Yes! For the first time, the group is collecting tuxedos, suits, sport coats, and blazers to help young men feel just as confident and celebrated.<\/p>\n
Since 2022, the women behind Your Dress Their Dream have collected nearly one thousand dresses to help make prom and homecoming dreams come true.<\/p>\n
“This is in our 3rd year, and every time we do it, people are like, ‘Are you doing it again? Are you doing it again? I couldn’t make it. I have dresses for you.’ And so I thought, let’s do it again. It’s been so well received in the years past, and I think we’re making it a yearly tradition,” Smith said.<\/p>\n
The Your Dress Their Dream donation event happens Sunday, Sept. 7th, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Into the Garden at The Shops at Clearfork, 5188 Monahans Ave. in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n
“Just bring a dress,” Smith said. “And if you don’t have a dress, we’re taking financial donations.”<\/p>\n
The donations, the dresses, and tuxedos collected will go to two nonprofits that invite students to shop for their special event.<\/p>\n
Prom Dreams at University Christian Church, 2720 S. University Drive in Fort Worth, is open now to help teenagers get ready for homecoming. Stop by on Thursdays from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
We’re All About the Dress, located at 6242 Rufe Snow Drive in North Richland Hills, is open on Thursdays and Fridays from noon to 5:30 p.m. and on Sundays from noon to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n
Those shops offer dresses and tuxedos for free, and often, other special items make it to the donation event. <\/p>\n
“People bring new makeup. They bring accessories, handbags, and shoes. It’s just been so well received,” Smith said.<\/p>\n
If there’s something gathering dust in the back of your closet, now’s the perfect time to give it new life, while also giving a teenager an unforgettable night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There’s spring cleaning and fall refresh, and if you’re about to clean the closet, a group in Fort…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":197106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,7371,7372,39263,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-197105","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fort-worth","10":"tag-fortworth","11":"tag-something-good","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-tx","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115141010681562519","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}