The Student Advisory Board (SAB) is made up of high school women who organize dress donation drives and fundraising events at local schools. In addition, they are instrumental in helping with public relations and in an advisory capacity to the Abby’s Closet Board of Directions. Thank you to our 2009-2010 SAB (names below).
Advisor: Rachael Wallace (rachael@abbyscloset.org)
2009-2010 STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD
Carly Christoferson — La Salle Prep
Christina Gill — Jesuit High
Dea’Naisa Willingham — Gresham High
Debra Brown — North Salem High
Elise Christoferson — La Salle Prep
Emily McNabb — West Linn High
Emily-Rose Wiitala — Central Catholic High
Hannah Acock — Wilson High School
Holly Smith — Southridge High
Paula Kearns — Lake Oswego High
A Report from This Year’s Board:
We are proud to be the 2009/2010 Abby’s Closet Student Advisory Board. Most of us chose to volunteer for Abby’s Closet because it is not your typical charity and it benefits young women our age in our local communities. A prom dress might sound frivolous to some people, but it gives the young women who recieve them the opportunity to attend one of the quintessential high school events with confidence.
As Emily McNabb says, “Girls should feel beautiful on prom night.” To help make that happen, each of us will hold a dress drive in our school and another Portland area high school this January and February. The more dresses we collect the better the chance that the young women attending the giveaway event will be able to find their dream prom gown. In addition to the dress drives we will be holding unique fundraisers at each of our high schools to help fund the Prom Gown Giveaway event. By doing our part to help we hope every high school student has the opportunity to create wonderful and lasting memories of her prom. We are so glad to be a part of such a great organization and community!
