MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
The 2025 Prom Dress Give A Way is finished and it was a tremendous success!
Here are some fun facts about our event this year-
The Batavia Public Library of Illinois hosted us for 6 weeks to make this possible. As a drop spot for the event, they moved hundreds of dresses to their basement for us to organize and then store.
They said YES to any little thing we needed and we literally could not do this event without them. Special thanks to Kathy Moecher, Kristin Zambo, Misty Jump and the amazing Felix for all the support!
This year 337 students from 47 highs schools attended our event. 604 dresses were chosen by students, each guest taking home 1-3 dresses and many chose shoes, jewelry and accessories. We had over 1000 dresses on display and after taking care of our students, we were able to share product with 7 different charities in the Chicago area to support their work. Over 800 dresses went out the door by the end of our event! Wow!
Over the course of 3 days we had 7 seamstresses working onsite and taking dresses home to do free alterations for our student shoppers.
Thank you!
We would like to thank all of the generous donors that gave from their hearts and their closets, the exceptional team of volunteers we had and a big shout out to Batavia High School Football for moving all our gear and wardrobe boxes back to In Towne Self-Storage in St. Charles. BPS Buildings and Grounds did the final pick up of dress racks and displays this morning and we appreciate them as well!
Thank you to Taryn Boyce for doing a mini dress drive at Starbucks and for donating a raffle basket, Jeffrey Cesario Agency- Farmers Insurance for initiating a jewelry drive and for Nicole Servedio for collecting over 75 dresses plus accessories for us. Special Occassions donated some glamorous dresses that were snapped up as well as a raffle basket a St. Charles girl was excited to win.
Thank you to the incredible village that pulled this off! You managed the crowds, consulted, flipped those dressing rooms, unpacked and packed boxes staged shoes and accessories, and gave so much support and care to this project.
We appreciate you and we cannot wait until we see you again next year for more fun!
Melinda & Joanne
SHOP WITH A COP 2024:A great night! And, Boy Scout Troop 12 donated 6 Christmas trees, stands, lights, and decorations! THANK YOU!
A great night at Walmart! Thanks to their grant and funds from CHIP IN Batavia, and our amazing police and fire departments, 18 families and 40 children got to shop for gifts. And our volunteers wrapped each gift. Walmart provided snacks and cookie and gingerbread making tables. What an amazing community!
PAST INITIATIVES
Prom Dress Collection and Giveaway 2023:
A HUGE SUCCESS
What an amazing day- so many smiles and so much fun! Students came from Rockford, Dekalb, Peru, Schaumburg, private schools, home school, tri cities, Wheaton, and our amazing Batavia- and so many more towns! We gave away over 750 dresses to students attending, other local service groups and schools that picked up at the end of the event, and we have some left for next year! We had AMAZING volunteers- THANK YOU SO MUCH! We had 4 seamstresses there all day volunteering their time to make dresses fit perfectly and they were busy every minute! Thank you Maeve and your mom and sister, and Patricia! We have an amazing BPS buildings and grounds staff that delivered, assembled and picked up dress racks, and an unbelievable library staff helping at every turn. Thank you Ann and Stan Davis for your help getting wardrobe boxes from storage! Thank you to Flyleaf for providing amazing treats, coifed and iced tea for our volunteers. And thank you to InTowne Storage for donating a storage space to us! Thank you to all the donors of the gorgeous dresses! We are so very grateful and look forward to next year. We hope every student enjoys prom. CHIP IN will use donations and our funds to help cover the cost of prom tuxes and prom tickets to our students in need.
Thank you to these local groups for helping and donating classes, time and funding for CHIP IN Batavia!
Special Occasions
specialoccasionsontheavenue.com
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K Hollis Jewelers
630-879-9603
khollisjewelers.com
2030 Main St., Batavia
BEI Commercial Real Estate
beicre.com
Park Auto Repair
403 E Wilson St. in Batavia | (630) 879-8799
Ollie's Garage
709 Main St. in Batavia | (630) 879-0252
Comedy Vault
comedyvaultbatavia.com
Donate complimentary gift cards for our donors and advertises our activities
Chicken Salad Chick
220 N. Randall Rd., Batavia
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Funway Ultimate Entertainment Center
1335 S River St. in Batavia | (630) 879-8717
SpiritCorner.com
(800) 264-9403
Red Hive Market
6 W. Wilson Street in Batavia
The Local Petaler
211 S 3rd. St. in St. Charles
Shear Ambition Hair Salon
40 N. Island Ave. in Batavia | (630) 482-2288
Hart Chiropractic
1803 W. State St., Ste. 150 in Geneva | (630) 262-1421
SHINE Yoga
5 N. River St. in Batavia | (630) 482-9700
CrossFit OLAF
1605 W. Wilson St., Ste. 116 in Batavia | (630) 926-7465
Avantor Sciences International, Inc.
avantorsciences.com
Batavia Youth Baseball
Lori Holm and Steel Beam Theatre
111 W. Main St., St. Charles IL 60174 | (630) 587-8521
Batavia Park District and The Batavia Park District Foundation
327 W. Wilson St. in Batavia | (630) 879-5235
Batavia Rotary Club
Home Depot
2111 S. Randall Rd. in Geneva | (630) 262-0380
Prairie State Packaging
917 W. Wilson St. in Batavia | (630) 879-6710
Zano Salon and Spa
2016 W. Wilson St. in Batavia | (630) 406-9555
Sole Unique Dance Studio
1050 Corporate Blvd. in Aurora | (630) 340-4336
Aurora Chiropractic
1311 Butterfield Rd. in Aurora | (630) 506-8804
Boyce Body Werks
1240 Nagel Blvd. in Batavia | (630) 879-9575
Bulldog Plumbing
336 McKee St. in Batavia | 630-313-9109
BEI
140 1st St. in Batavia | (630) 879-3680
West Dupage Cabinets and Granite
143 S. Batavia Ave. in Batavia | (630) 414-2363
Paula's Couture Consignment
4 1/2 Wilson St. in Batavia | (630) 802-6888
Pal Joey's
2030 Main St. in Batavia | (630) 593-6600
River West Family Fitness
108 1st St. in Batavia | (630) 879-8889
Daddio's Diner
134 W Wilson St. in Batavia | (630) 879-5299
Local Connect LLC
Jamie Saam | (630) 440-1676
Wilson Street Mercantile
222 E. Wilson St. in Batavia
Batavia Mother's Club
Batavia Woman's Club
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Batavia Main Street
downtownbatavia.com
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Qazi Law Offices
qazilawoffices.com
InTowne Self Storage, St. Charles
630-260-8600
200 N 9th Ave., St. Charles IL 60174
