Alabama School Library Become Prom Boutique

Sparkman Library turned into prom boutique for tornado victims. (WAFF, Hunstville, AL)

Excerpt:   Some teenage tornado victims are getting the chance to attend their high school proms thanks to the generosity of others.

A week ago, prom was the last thing on Sparkman High junior Nicole Nunez's mind. Her home was one of hundreds destroyed by several powerful tornadoes that tore through Alabama.

Kristen Tate, a teacher at Lynn Fanning Elementary School in Meridianville, has become a fairy godmother of sorts. Tate, with the help of volunteers, turned Sparkman High's library into a full-service prom boutique, offering free dresses to girls affected by the tornadoes. The dresses were all donated and run from a size double zero to 26.

"It exploded," said Jackie Tate, Kristen's mother. "It started off with just a handful of dresses, and now we have about 3000 dresses that we are placing in these girl's hands."