Charitable prom organizations are groups, primarily in the

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, that give away

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dresses to high school girls who may not be able to otherwise afford them. One such group,

The Glass Slipper Project The Glass Slipper Project was one of the first and is one of the largest Charitable Prom Organizations in the U.S. It was founded in 1999 and is based in Chicago Illinois, providing prom dresses and accessories to girls with junior and/or senior st ...

, works with

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area girls. The project has been discussed on the website for ''

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The Perfect Prom Project {{no footnotes, date=October 2009 The Perfect Prom Project (PPP) a charitable prom organizations serving Illinois and surrounding states. The purpose of the Perfect Prom Project is to reach out to the Champaign-Urbana, Illinois community by provi ...

is active at the

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. Charitable prom organizations in the US are listed on donatemydress.org. Some prom retail stores are also charitable prom organizations. Synchronicity Boutique www.synchronicityboutique.com
/ref> donated over $10,700 to 240 local high schools that purchased dresses from their store in Baltimore.

References

{{reflist Lists of organizations Children's charities based in the United States Prom