With flowers and a little ambiance, organizers for the UW L event hope to create a boutique feel at their sale, Gasper said. Caroline Kerr struggled with the idea of spending more than $ 200 on a dress for her high school prom. Then the self described ‘scrimper’ was pleased to find a chance to sell the redish corset pped number to someone who still has a prom to celebrate. High school dances are part of the college freshman’s past, it turned out to be worth it for a memorable evening, Kerr said. Furthermore, la Crescent High School students will host a prom dress sale 10 Saturday in the high school band room with the La ‘CrescentHokah’ Community Education program.
Did you know that the group will charge a $ 12 consignment fee for anyone who wants to unload a dress at its Prom Dress Palooza. Known the organization is the first of its kind among UW institutions, though colleges in other states have financial literacy programs, said Jen Weber, UWL financial aid counselor.
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She most probably should bring it back for next year’s sale, Gasper said, if a student’s old dress doesn’t sell this year.
Organizers plan to make it a yearly fixture at the university, that’s the first year of the sale. Onalaska public school officials invite families to donate dresses for prom and similar events. Gently used gowns may be dropped off at Irving Pertzsch Elementary School. That said, uW La’ Crosse sophomore Alisha Boerner puts an used prom dress on a mannequin Tuesday on campus. Cartwright Center. Boerner is participating in the student financial literacy program It Make $ Cents, that is holding an used prom dress sale Feb. Fact, area public schools are organizing similar sales to conforming to a survey by the mastercard company Visa, the average Midwestern family planned to spend $ 722 on prom last year.