About the Fairy Godmother Initiative
For many young women, high school prom is a pivotal coming-of-age ritual. An iconic American cultural life event. But, current state of our economy, high unemployment rates and the rising costs of attending prom, leaves many young women feeling frustrated and many times unable to attend prom.
The Fairy Godmother Initiative was started in 2008 by Myra Roldan and Cheryl Monk along with the girls at Lauralton Hall Academy in Milford, CT. The girls of Lauralton's first radio station collected dresses for the first dress boutique. We received 5 dress donations from New York Designer, Jason Wu. Our first event was a high spirited and emotional event. Due to demand, a second dress boutique day was held a few weeks later at Sacred Heart University with the help of Sacred Heart Residential Life. In our first year, we were able to provide a free dress for prom to approximately 350 girls.
Since 2008 we have partnered with the Sacred Heart University's Residential Life and the girls of Delta Phi Kappa to host our even at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. The girls of Delta Phi Kappa along with Myra have worked hard to make each and every event a success. Each year they collect more dresses than the year before and are able to open their event not only to girls in Connecticut High Schools but girls from surrounding states as well.
In 2010, we partnered with the Connecticut Association of Foster and Adoptive Parents to host a special event for girls within their network.
In 2012, we opened our event to 8th grade girls who were being promoted or graduating to High School. We understand that this is also a very important event in a young girls life as it is the beginning of a life transition and coming-of-age event, as well.
Each year, girls from Connecticut high schools are able to attend our dress boutique day and received a free dress for prom; in return we ask them to pay it forward by bringing in a donation item from our Wish List, which are collected and then given to local shelters.
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