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Winged volunteer fairy godmothers gather Saturday at Meadowbrook Community Center in North Seattle to set out items for the project that Nathan Hale High senior Alexa Landis organized to provide girls everything they need for their prom, and all for free. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)

Winged volunteers  gather Saturday at Meadowbrook Community Center in North Seattle . Nathan Hale High senior Alexa Landis collected gowns, wraps, shoes and accessories for months. Girls could choose from more than 200 dresses, 100 pairs of heels and 60 evening bags .. . Alexa’s goal is that “all girls attend prom and feel beautiful and confident while doing so.” (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)

 

Rudith Acosta likes the fit of this dress she tries out with help from Alex Stewart. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)

Rudith Acosta checks the fit of one of the dresses she tried out at the Fairy Godmother Project on Saturday. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)

Rudith Acosta sheds her boots to try out a pair of shoes that have to be stylish, comfortable and ones she can dance in. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)

Alexa Landis, left, organizer of the Fairy Godmother Project, and Nell Gaumgarten check the fit of a dress chosen by a girl who came to Meadowbrook Community Center for the event. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)

Volunteer Cheryl Klein adjusts the hem of a dress to be altered on the spot Saturday at the Meadowbrook Community Center during the Fairy Godmother Project. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)

Yasmin Salim, left, and her sister Fatma compare notes on their dresses selected at the Fairy Godmother Project on Saturday. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)

More than 100 pairs of shoes are available for the girls to select for prom night. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)

Jonalyn Bocog selects from the more than 200 dresses the first one she’ll try on Saturday. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)

Alex Stewart waits for another dress to be tried on at the Fairy Godmother Project on Saturday. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)

Diana Hernandez checks the fit of a potential prom dress at the Fairy Godmother Project on Saturday. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)

Megan Williams checks out the brightest of the more than 200 prom dresses available at Saturday’s Fairy Godmother Project. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)

Nathan Hale High senior Alexa Landis created and organized the Fairy Godmother Project for her senior project. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)

More than 30 girls came to the Meadowbrook Community Center in North Seattle for the Fairy Godmother Project to be outfitted for prom with donated dresses, shoes and accessories. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)

Cinderella greeted all who came Saturday to the Fairy Godmother Project for girls to come and get styled head to toe with everything they’ll need for their prom — all free. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)


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Winged volunteer fairy godmothers gather Saturday at Meadowbrook Community Center in North Seattle to set out items for the project that Nathan Hale High senior Alexa Landis organized to provide girls everything they need for their prom, and all for free. She has collected gowns, wraps, shoes and accessories for months. Girls could choose from more than 200 dresses, 100 pairs of heels and 60 evening bags. Alexa’s goal is that “all girls attend prom and feel beautiful and confident while doing so.” (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)

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Posted 28 Feb 2016 by theaveeditor in Misc.

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