‘Blissfully exhausted’ is the term Cynthia came up with!
The day started at 6:00 am with a bus trip from south county to Camp Pendleton. Our Event director Linda Knoth had patriotic name tags for all 24 volunteers, water and snacks to keep our energy high.
We were greeted at Camp Pendleton by Suzanne Tabrum, who is the Director of Events and Community Relations for the YMCA on base. With a few hardy volunteers, Suzanne arranged over 2,500 ball gowns, most donated by Working Wardrobes after our prom event, 800 sets of ‘bling’ from the very generous Cookie Lee Jewelry company and everything was ready to go.
With military precision, the women were welcomed in groups of 50 from 8:00 am until 2:00 pm. They had 20 minutes to shop, try on dresses and check out!! Sound impossible? Yes, but we saw it happen hundreds and hundreds of times.
The Working Wardrobes’ volunteers were on hand to greet the Marine wives, to help them shop, to zip up gowns, to ooh and aah when the perfect gown was found and to provide some tips on the right shoes and jewelry. It was non-stop shopping to the women were ready for the Marine Ball this November!
‘Blissfully exhausted!’
I think every volunteer felt that way and also proud to be part of an effort that in some small way helps our military families.
For Working Wardrobes, we consider in an honor to donate the prom and party dresses and we will continue to do this as long as we host the prom event.
How can you help?
Donated excellent quality prom and party gowns, dressy shoes and purses and costume jewelry. Larger sizes are VERY important to all of us.
Please check out our website for more info at: http://www.workingwardrobes.org/ and thanks for your support!
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