In the News ... "3:11 Ministries ‘Perfect PROMise’ program to help students shop for prom"

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• This is the seventh year for the program; volunteers needed

By Jacy Lewis, Reporter
• Midland Reporter-Telegram

MIDLAND, TEXAS -3:11 Ministries needs help from volunteers for its “Perfect PROMise” program, which helps students shop for prom. The nonprofit currently needs help sorting and sizing the dress from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at 3:11 Ministries.

“We take donated prom dresses and some that we purchase, and give to girls who would not otherwise be able to afford a dress to go to prom,” said 3:11 Ministries Executive Director Sally Stafford, who also said this is the seventh year for the program.

The program was designed to help young ladies who wouldn’t be financially able to attend their high school prom. The nonprofit acknowledges this program strays away from simple everyday needs but found a unique opportunity to help young women with low self-esteem or lack of self confidence to make them feel like a princess while praying for them and encouraging their success, according to the website.

“We are a staff of two and we have about 2,000 dresses that need to be organized,” Stafford said.

The nonprofit also recently moved the dresses from Crestview Baptist in storage while the new facility was being built. The dresses are now being sorted at the non-profit’s new warehouse. 3:11 Ministries is continuing to take donations of prom dresses, which can be dropped off at Legacy High School from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or at 3:11 Ministries from Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Applications can be submitted via http://www.311ministries.org/perfect-promise< to book an appointment to shop for a prom dress starting in March ...

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