APRIL 2022
Thank you for making the 2022 Giveaway a success!
We couldn't have done it without the students and volunteers! 

The energy and smiles were fantastic and overwhelmingly contagious at our Prom Dress Giveaway in March. More than 1,000 dresses were given away during the weekend at the Oregon Convention Center. We could not have done it without the help of more than 400 volunteers - from loading trucks and set up on Thursday to the Giveaway for Students with Special Needs on Friday to the many hands on Saturday and Sunday who checked students in, returned dresses to the racks, helped students shop and find accessories to the sewists who fixed zippers to the many high schoolers and friends who did tear down and packed the dresses back up for storage. It was an amazing weekend! Remaining dresses have been packed up and placed in storage to be ready for next year's event. Be sure to watch our website, follow us on social, and check our upcoming newsletters for the announcement of our 2023 date in the next few months.

A huge shout out to our sponsors - Brides for a Cause; First, Inc.; Master Movers; Move Makers; Titan Freight; JC Penney; Macy's; PacTrust; and Mr. Formal. Their generous support helped make the Giveaway and other Abby's Closet programs possible! And thank you to The Oregon Convention Center, who continues to partner with us each year to make the event a success.

Thank you and keep shining!
-Abby's Closet Board of Directors
Sharing the Love Update: Dresses sent across Oregon & Washington

More than 2,000 dresses were packed up and made it to schools across Oregon and Washington in March through the Sharing the Love program. Twenty schools who could not attend the event because of distance or other difficulties received the boxes, which were delivered by volunteers, picked up by principals or sent via Titan Freight. They generously delivered 47 boxes to seven schools in five cities, helping us reach even more students this year. Be sure to watch for STL application information and deadlines for 2023 as we continue the program.
Scholarship winners open Prom Dress Giveaway
We were so excited to welcome our four scholarship winners to the Prom Dress Giveaway and to meet in person. The students cut the ribbon to officially open the event and then received the first dresses of the weekend. Congratulations again to the 2022 Dreams Scholarship winners: Samatha Antone (Chemawa Indian School, Salem, OR), Isabel Dao (Clackamas High School, Clackamas, OR), Jessica Haley (Century High School, Hillsboro, OR), and Jaclyn Van Luik (Heritage High School, Vancouver, WA.)

2023 Dreams Scholarship details will be posted on our website this winter.
Know a student attending prom and looking for a tuxedo? We can help!
Support Abby's Closet and our partner Mr. Formal and rent a tuxedo using a coupon that donates $5 back to Abby's Closet.
Mr. Formal has three locations: Beaverton (3905 SW 117th, Beaverton, 97005), Portland (1103 SE 7th Ave, Portland, 97214), and Salem (2265 Lancaster Dr. NE, Salem, 97305).
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