Luther fundraiser to feature prom fashion show

Prom dresses and hair styles from the 1980s, ’90s and current times will be modeled by Luther High School senior girls Saturday, May 14, as part of a community fundraiser for the mulberry handbag Luther Community Service Center.
Festivities will begin at 6 p.m. with a dessert party at the Luther Civic Center, 18120 Hogback Road. The event then will move to the Luther High School Auditorium, 18955 NE 178, for a silent auction, followed by the fashion show.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance at the Community Service Center or at the door on the evening of the event.
The 14 students who will be modeling prom dresses have talked teachers and moms into loaning them the vintage prom dresses they will be modeling. They will wear their own prom dresses for the current fashion part of the show, said Tami McDaniels, who is helping coordinate activities.
The whole community is excited about the event, McDaniels said.
The school cafeteria lunch ladies are planning to do an ’80s song to warm the crowd up for that part of the fashion show and local day care children will perform, she said.
Eight students from Francis Tuttle Technology Center have agreed to help the mulberry alexa girls change hair styles to reflect the time periods of the prom dresses they will be modeling, she said.
Billie Jean McCoy, this year’s Luther High School prom queen, has been instrumental in helping put the fundraiser together, McDaniels said.
McCoy, 19, said she, McDaniels and girls from her church were out shopping for prom dresses when the idea for the fundraiser came together.
“The Community Service Center means a whole lot to this community,” McCoy said.
The center distributes free food to about 150 families a month, she said. It also hands out free Christmas gifts and Easter baskets to Luther children and operates a store that provides free used clothing, furniture and household goods to low-income families.
“My family is one of the families that gets food there,” McCoy said, adding that she appreciates the opportunity to give something back.
The service center is supported by area Churches of Christ and has 20 to 30 regular workers — all volunteers.
Ruby Stahl, who spearheads volunteer efforts in the community, said the center hopes to raise $10,000 through the event. McDaniels said she expects 200 to 300 people to attend.