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Updated (March 18, 2016; 7:15 a.m.):
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Reader Linda Amount of Radford concluded up demography her brawl dresses to the Newfangled Bride in Salem, but we acquire added account for your gently-used brawl dresses (and both options are in the New River Valley).
All branches of the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Libraries acquire clean, academic dresses year-round for their brawl dress exchange, according to library administrator Paula Alston. The library system’s fourth anniversary Brawl Dress Extravaganza allotment Thursday, April 7, at the Meadowbrook Center in Shawsville. Junior and chief girls are acceptable to boutique the *free*, donated dresses from 3 to 6 p.m. that evening. Door prizes and refreshments will additionally be featured. If you acquire questions, alarm Cindy Minnick at Meadowbrook Public Library at 540-268-1964.
The YMCA at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg additionally accepts gently-used dresses all year long, and Ron Ovelgoenner letters its Y Austerity Boutique now appearance added than 80 dresses donated by a bounded retailer. Adolescent women on a account are acceptable to boutique the dresses at thrift-store prices. The abundance additionally donates some dresses to acceptance best in need. “The ambition of our affairs is to accomplish abiding that every adolescent adult who wishes to go to their brawl can absolutely do so,” said Ovelgoenner, who directs austerity boutique operations. Shopping hours at the Y Austerity Boutique are 9 a.m. to 7 pm. Monday through Saturday and apex to 5 p.m. Sunday. Donations breadth accustomed in the aback of the architecture on North Main Street from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and apex to 4 p.m. Sunday. Visit www.vtymca.org or alarm 540-552-2633 for added information.
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Thanks to Paula Alston and Ron Ovelgoenner, who accomplished out by email. If I've absent any added contest or account for acclimated brawl dresses, amuse let me know!
Original column (March 14):
Thanks to this catechism from Linda Amount of Radford, who writes:
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“I acquire four admirable brawl dresses my babe wore. Is there an accident in the Roanoke/NRV breadth to accord dresses to adolescent ladies who can’t allow one? If not, is there a assignment event/store you would recommend?”
Perhaps you’ve heard of Cinderella’s Closet fundraisers, which are acclimated dress sales advised to accomplish brawl added affordable. Unfortunately, we aloof absent the anniversary accident sponsored by the Northside Aerial School PTSA.
However, I begin a Cinderella’s Closet hosted by the Giles/Narrows After Brawl Committee that continues through April 2. Dresses (especially admeasurement 12 and higher) are still actuality accustomed at the Giles County Chamber of Commerce. Sellers pay $5 to address their dress, set the amount and accumulate all the money from the sale. Learn added at www.facebook.com/gilesnarrowsafterprom.
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You ability try blockage with the aerial schools abutting to you to see if they acquire any agnate contest planned.
As for assignment options, a acceptable abode to alpha is the Newfangled Bride in Salem, which relocated to the old Radio Shack architecture on West Main Street aftermost year. It specializes in account academic wear, including assignment brawl dresses. How does it work? You pay a $10 fee to accessible a arrangement for up to six items and booty home 50 percent of the final auction price. Learn added about the shop’s assignment requirements at www.thenewfangledbride.com.
While you’re abreast city Salem, you should analysis out the Hidden Treasures Assignment Boutique, which has been voted one of the best places to acquisition a affair dress in the newspaper’s anniversary clairvoyant poll.
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Keep in apperception that best assignment shops appeal accepted trends for the best re-sell prices — so that hot sequined cardinal from 2004 is apparently a applicant for Goodwill, which consistently ranks in that aforementioned “best places to acquisition affair dresses” list.
Thanks afresh for the catechism ... and amuse allotment your own admonition in the comments below.
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