The Batavia Public Library, 10 S. Batavia Avenue, Batavia, will be host to CHIP IN (Community Helpers Impacting People in Need) Batavia’s seventh annual Prom Dress Giveaway from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 21. There will be hundreds of dresses on display, along with private changing areas, and accessories of choice.
There will be a seamstress on hand, to help with alterations. All dresses will be given away free of charge to any girl from any school district, regardless of need. Our mission is to help students in need, but to make it simple and due to the prohibitive cost of prom, we want to offer all girls one free dress. Monetary donations are appreciated and welcome and will be used to help pay for tuxedo rentals and prom tickets for Batavia students.
We encourage girls to come with friends or family. It is a lot of fun, and the dresses are gorgeous!
The Library will be the collection site for donated prom dresses and accessories, through March 20 at the Check Out Desk. Donated dresses should be in clean and good to excellent condition. We would greatly appreciate donations of accessories, including purses, jewelry, hair accessories, shoes, and unopened make up. Tax donation letters will be available.
Last year, CHIP IN gave away more than 300 dresses to students from areas to include Batavia, Mooseheart, St. Charles, Geneva, Elgin, Aurora, Rosary, Jacobs, North Central College, Yorkville, Chicago, and Naperville. More than 300 more dresses were given to Rotolo Middle School for the eighth grade dinner dance, and to the Batavia Interfaith Clothes Closet, Wayside Ministries, East Aurora High School, My Daughters Dress Prom Drive, and All Dressed Up.
CHIP IN Batavia’s mission is to help students in need, who are homeless, or in transitional housing, or on free/reduced lunch.
— Batavia Public Library