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The Prom Shoppe - Helping Young Women In The Community Get Ready Foir Prom · The Erica Show

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  Speaker 1: G one I five, It's the Erica Show. Brandy Sadler
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  Speaker 1: back on the phone from the Prom Shop, which is
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  Speaker 1: happening in March. You guys have been doing this for
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  Speaker 1: how many years now?
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  Speaker 2: This is our seventeenth year.
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  Speaker 1: That's incredible. Everybody in the triangle knows about this event,
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  Speaker 1: which tell everybody, maybe the newbies that have moved to
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  Speaker 1: the triangle, what is the prom Shop and how does
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  Speaker 1: it help the community.
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  Speaker 2: Sure, this is our seventeenth year doing this, and we
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  Speaker 2: provide prom dresses and all accessories to girls who can't
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  Speaker 2: afford to a TAM prom or who just need a
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  Speaker 2: little help being able to afford to a TAM prom,
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  Speaker 2: all at no cost.
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  Speaker 1: And that's like everything, all the accessories, everything, They can
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  Speaker 1: just literally walk up. Now, how do you do you
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  Speaker 1: have to sign up? Or anybody that shows up to
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  Speaker 1: try on a dress, they can go home with a dress.
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  Speaker 2: That's right. So I think that's what sets us apart
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  Speaker 2: is that we provide everything dress, shoes, jewelry, makeup, and accessories,
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  Speaker 2: so head to toe you do not have to preregister.
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  Speaker 2: All you have to do is show up and sign
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  Speaker 2: in and start shopping.
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  Speaker 1: Which is incredible because prom is so expensive, but it's
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  Speaker 1: also a milestone that you never forget in your life
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  Speaker 1: as you're a child or young adult, so it really
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  Speaker 1: is special. Now, how can the community help provide these
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  Speaker 1: dresses or things that are needed?
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  Speaker 2: Sure Eric study was released in July that said the
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  Speaker 2: average cost of prom now is two thousand dollars.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my gosh and insane, it really is.
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  Speaker 2: And with the cost of everything so high now, that
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  Speaker 2: is not doable for a lot of families. So we
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  Speaker 2: want to alleviate that burden. We have been blessed by
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  Speaker 2: the community to have dress donations coming in and we
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  Speaker 2: will continue to take donations of white new dresses within
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  Speaker 2: five years up to February twenty.
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  Speaker 1: Fourth, Okay, And then the event where is it? What's
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  Speaker 1: the date, the times that you could shop and all
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  Speaker 1: of that.
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  Speaker 2: So our event is Friday February twenty eighth from three
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  Speaker 2: to seven and Saturday, March first from nine to one.
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  Speaker 2: And it's a Apex United Methodist Church in Apex.
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  Speaker 1: I love it. And then is there a website or
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  Speaker 1: anything that people can stay up to date or if
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  Speaker 1: they forget the address, they can go and save it
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  Speaker 1: on their phone.
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  Speaker 2: Everything we have is located on our Facebook page so
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  Speaker 2: you can get all the details about the entire weekend,
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  Speaker 2: all the frequently asked questions, all of the lists of
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  Speaker 2: things that we still need is found on our Facebook
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  Speaker 2: page which is apex UMC prop Jobs.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, thank you so much, Brandy, and I love that
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  Speaker 1: y'all have kept this tradition alive. It really is special
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  Speaker 1: in this community.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much for having us