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A p r il 13, 2011
Prom Gowns All Around
c o n t i n u e d f r o m page 3
Abby Egland, and a small group of
friends.
The idea originated when before
Abby left for col lege, as mother and
daughter cleaned out her bedroom
closet and found a number of formal
dresses she had worn to various
West Linn High School events.
Wonderful memories attached to
one beautiful, sequenced pink gown
inspired Abby and her mother to
start their own one-of-a-kind orga
nization in Portland, where they
could collect and distribute formal
prom gowns, free of charge, to high
school women who might other
wise be unable to attend prom due
to the expensive costs.
piioto by C ari H achmann /T he P ortland O bserver
Within six years of its inception,
Abby
Egland,
daughter
o f Sally Egland and co-founder o f Abby's
Abby's Closet has provided free
gowns to over 7.000 high school Closet, began her non-profit organization ju s t one year after she
women, with 2,100 given away in graduated from West Linn high school in 2003.
2010. Collecting donations year student advisory board, made up of
giving back to their communities by
around, A bby’s Closet receives local high school women, works
joining the student advisory board,
dresses from over 40 local busi alongside the Abby’s Closet Board.
organizing dress donation drives at
nesses with dress drop-off sites,
“The success each year would their schools, or using A bby’s
along with volunteer-organized not be possible without the sup
Closet as a volunteering opportu
dress drives at schools and from port from businesses, volunteers
nity for school credit.
individuals.
and the leadership of our board of
If you w ould like m ore in fo r
With no paid staff, Abby’s Closet directors and student advisory
m atio n o r an o p p o rtu n ity to
runs with a board of directors who board,” Sally Egland said. “We
v o lu n teer, d o n ate, o r m ake fi
set the vision and direction of the are excited as we begin planning
nancial co n trib u tio n s to A b b y ’s
organization and provide leadership for next year's event."
C l o s e s t , v i s i t th e g r o u p ’ s
for over 500 volunteers that help
Many young women who have w ebsite a h b y sclo set.o rg or call
throughout the year. A 13-member been helped by Abby’s Closet are
503-722-1524.
Joyce Washington
The 11 th Annual
Basketball Game
Saturday, May 21 at Portland Community
College, 705 N. Killingsworth
Doors open at 12 p.m.
Girls Classic at 1 p.m.
Boy’s Classic at 3 p.m.
Tickets available at
The Portland Observer
4747 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Looking for High School Boys & Girls to Participate
fo r more information contact Tony or Mark Washington at 288-0033
mother, whose purposeful life
ration. — The Washington family
Sponsored by.
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