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MISS TEXAS ORGANIZATION TEAMS UP
WITH CAITLIN'S CLOSET
Contestants Collect over $300,000 worth of gently
worn prom gowns
Fort Worth, Texas - April
21, 2008 - Over 2300 special occasion dresses were
collected during a dress drive hosted by Miss Texas and Miss
Teen Texas on behalf of Caitlin's Closet, a non-profit
organization founded by Caitlin Brunell, the current Miss
America's Outstanding Teen, which collects gently worn prom gowns and
distributes them to girls who would otherwise not be able to
afford to attend their proms.
"It's really amazing what 78
individuals can come together and do in only four short
weeks!" said Lydia Hall, Director of Miss Teen Texas. "Our
local titleholders have given over 2300 young women in seven
Texas school districts the opportunity to have a pretty
outfit to wear on their special day. I am so very proud to
be part of an organization that fosters such endeavors!"
38 Miss Teen Texas local
titleholders and 40 Miss Texas local titleholders showed up
at the Burleson High School in Burleson, Texas with bags of
dresses under their arms on the first Saturday in April.
These young women will go on to compete in the Miss Teen
Texas and Miss Texas Pageants, July 1st-5th in Fort Worth,
Texas.
"Working with Caitlin's Closet
has been so rewarding, it is such a great program," said
Callie Thompson, Miss Teen Texas 2007. "I hope that this
program continues to help underprivileged young women around
the country."
Caitlin Brunell, the daughter
of NFL player Mark Brunell, founded Caitlin's Closet in 2006
when she was fourteen years old.
"I wanted to do something to
help other teens," Caitlin says. "I realized that every girl
should be able to attend school events and feel good about
herself, and I thought I might be able to help make that
happen."
Caitlin has sponsored events
in Washington, D.C., Virginia, Florida, Nevada and Texas,
and is planning to host more collection drives in California
and Kentucky this year. She will distribute those gowns
during prom season at events in Oklahoma, California,
Florida, Texas and Virginia.
Since its founding, Caitlin's
Closet has collected over 5000 prom gowns and special
occasion dresses. Her hard work hasn't gone unnoticed.
Caitlin is the current Miss America's Outstanding Teen,
representing the Commonwealth of Virginia. She won more than
$30,000 in college scholarships at the Miss America's
Outstanding Teen competition in Orlando, Florida in August
2007. The "little sister" competition to the Miss America
Scholarship Organization, this not-for-profit program has
provided more than $2 million in college scholarships
nationally to young women from 13 to 17 years of age. The
title has given Caitlin a nationwide vehicle to promote
Caitlin's Closet.
"Helping others is what the
Miss America Organization is all about," said Molly Hazlett,
Miss Texas 2007. "The support of this project shows how
dedicated and giving each contestant can be."
The gowns were distributed to
seven area school districts in Texas. Representatives from
each district attended the dress drive and left with
hundreds of gowns to give to girls in their areas.
To find out more about
Caitlin's Closet, visit
www.CaitlinsCloset.org. To learn more about Caitlin, go
to www.MAOTeen.org.
Information on Miss Texas and Miss Teen Texas can be found
at www.misstexas.org
and www.teentexas.org.
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