{"id":56122,"date":"2019-02-11T08:59:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T13:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=56122"},"modified":"2019-02-11T09:13:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T14:13:21","slug":"prom-attire-needed-to-support-community-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2019\/02\/prom-attire-needed-to-support-community-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Prom attire needed to support community project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Start your spring cleaning early and help local high school students attend their prom in style.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brock\u2019s Student Life and Community Experience is again partnering with the Education Foundation of Niagara to collect gently used dresses, suits, shoes, accessories and other formal attire to give to local teens as part of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/efnniagara.dsbn.org\/events\/prom-project-niagara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prom Project Niagara<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prakisha Pradhan, Student Life and Community Experience\u2019s Community Outreach and Volunteer Assistant, said the donated items help to ensure all students are able to attend their prom, while also reinforcing Brock\u2019s commitment to the community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCollecting gently used clothing allows the Brock community to help students who might not otherwise be able to afford a prom outfit, while also contributing to a sustainable initiative that benefits schools and students across Niagara,\u201d she said. \u201cLast year we received more than 50 items and we are hoping to get even more this time around.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donations will be accepted until Friday, March 15 in the Student Life and Involvement Commons (MCA 204) from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donated items will then be distributed to local high school students during three events on Saturday, April 6 at DSBN Academy in St. Catharines, Beamsville District Secondary School and Fort Erie Race Track.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more, visit the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/efnniagara.dsbn.org\/events\/prom-project-niagara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prom Project Niagara website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or email <\/span><a href=\"mailto:studentlife@brocku.ca\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">studentlife@brocku.ca<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start your spring cleaning early and help local high school students attend their prom in style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":56119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,4],"tags":[3824,6376,194],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56122"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56123,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56122\/revisions\/56123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}