Charitable prom organizations are groups, primarily in the United States

United States

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, that give away prom

Prom

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 dresses to high school girls that may not be able to otherwise afford them. One such group, The Glass Slipper Project

The Glass Slipper Project

The Glass Slipper Project was one of the first and is one of the largest Charitable Prom Organizations in place across the U.S. It was founded in 1999 and is based in Chicago Illinois, providing prom dresses and accessories to girls with junior and/or senior status in high schools...

, works with Chicago

Chicago

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 area girls. The project is discussed on the website for the Oprah

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 show and in the Chicago Tribune

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. The Perfect Prom Project

The Perfect Prom Project

The Perfect Prom Project a charitable prom organizations serving Illinois and surrounding states.The purpose of the Perfect Prom Project is to reach out to the Champaign-Urbana, Illinois community by providing free prom dresses and accessories for high school girls that may not be able to...

 is active at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Charitable Prom Organizations in the U.S. are listed on donatemydress.org