{"id":362586,"date":"2010-02-25T14:08:42","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T19:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.utk.edu\/tntoday\/?p=19140"},"modified":"2010-02-25T14:08:42","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T19:08:42","slug":"haiti-outreach-program-assists-in-prom-dress-shopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/362586","title":{"rendered":"Haiti Outreach Program Assists in Prom Dress Shopping"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>KNOXVILLE — This weekend, prom dress shopping can be a charitable activity.<\/p>\n

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, sophomore Katie Riley is co-chairing the “Fierce & Fancy Formals” fashion show to raise money for a secondary school in Boucan-Carre, Haiti. Riley is a volunteer for an organization called Haiti Outreach Program, which is an ecumenical mission of Sacred Heart Cathedral in Knoxville.<\/p>\n

“Every single one of these dresses has been donated,\u201d Riley said, adding that the group has collected about 550 dresses so far.<\/p>\n

The event is from 2 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26, in The Emporium Center on Gay Street in downtown Knoxville.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $5 for students and $8 for adults if purchased before Saturday on their Web site<\/a>. Tickets sold at the door cost $10.<\/p>\n

“Fierce & Fancy Formals” will feature desserts, a silent auction and fashion show at 3 p.m., which will feature UT students as models. To encourage participation in the event, Riley said, “We visited as many student organizations as would have us. We asked them to nominate a model from their group or an outstanding girl that deserved to be recognized. Then they nominated girls and sent them to us.”<\/p>\n

Knoxville-based Prestige Cleaners has cleaned all of the donated dresses.<\/p>\n

“People have just been cleaning out their closets and dropping off dresses,” Riley said. “Then Prestige gets them to us.”<\/p>\n

Girls from the community can try on the dresses and purchase them on the spot during Saturday’s event.<\/p>\n

Riley, a communication studies major and a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority, has been involved with the Haiti Outreach Program for about 4\u00bd years. She’s visited Haiti twice and hopes to go back soon.<\/p>\n

Committee member and UT sophomore Angela Scruggs hopes the Haiti Outreach Program will encourage the community to aid their mission in Boucan-Carre.<\/p>\n

Scruggs said, “Haiti has touched my heart since I had a little brother adopted from there. I really want to help the people of Haiti, and this fashion show is a great way to spread awareness and raise funds for our missions.”<\/p>\n

“Fierce & Fancy Formals” was planned prior to the 2009 earthquake.<\/p>\n

Riley and her committee members — Scruggs, Jarett Beaudoin, Jessica Henderson, Katie Erpenbach and Morgan Moore — have worked very hard on this event. Riley is featured in a video on the Ready for the World Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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PHOTO CUTLINE: Pictured left to right are Jessica Henderson, committee member; Angela Scruggs, committee member; Chance Vineyard, model for fashion show; Jarett Beaudoin, committee member; and Katie Riley, co-chair of the fashion show\/event.<\/p>\n

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C O N T A C T :<\/p>\n

Bridget Hardy (865-974-2225, bhardy4@utk.edu)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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