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For more than 20 years, as prom season approaches, Lee’s Summit’s Woods Chapel United Methodist Church turns into a shopping center. Volunteers hang up hundreds of donated dresses and suits, all offered for free to area students, and then open their pop-up boutique. Teenagers walk the racks hunting determinedly for just the right style and fit and grinning as they try on their finds. “They go in, and they put that dress on, they come out and look at themselves in the mirror, and they smile … it’s amazing to see,” said Christy Barber, one of the many volunteers who make the church’s annual prom event possible. Each year, volunteers reach out to schools in the area and invite them to send students. Last year, the boutique served more than 1,000 students from 120 schools. Since 2005, the boutique has given away more than 26,000 dresses. Read more about the giveaway at the link above. #prom #tuxedo #promdress #kc #leessummit
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