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Belles of the ball: Cinderella Project redistributes donated formal gowns for girls

by Pat Coate | March 17, 2008
"These are girls who usually would have no opportunity to do this, and they have got to do it. We have got to watch girls become Cinderella."
- Paula Newman, local YWCA executive director

Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA - The Cinderella Project helps high school girls turn into princesses on their prom nights.

The project is an opportunity for local girls to be dressed for their proms without the costs associated with new attire through donations of new or gently used gowns.

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