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To the Cheyenne River Youth Project!

Each year, the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s Cokata Wikoni Teen Center hosts Passion for Fashion, an event for high school girls on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. The event helps girls who might not otherwise be able to attend the dance — perhaps due to financial restrictions, or perhaps they lack the confidence needed to try on a dress — by providing dresses, accessories, and makeup and hairstyling advice. The event is more than just dressing up though — the Cheyenne River Youth Project invites generations of positive women role models to come and help with the event, and a keynote speaker helps to spread the message of positive body image, and the importance of confidence.

How you can help:

How You Can Support CRYP’s 2012 Passion for Fashion
If you would like to support the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s Passion for Fashion program this year, please considering contributing any of the following:

-New/Gently Used Prom Dresses (Sizes 4-26, especially sizes 16-26)
-Dress Accessories (Examples: Purses, Wraps, Scarves)
-Formal Shoes (especially sizes 9-12)
-Jewelry
-Hair Accessories & Care Products
-Facial, Manicure & Pedicure Supplies
-Makeup and Bath Sets
-Gift Cards
-Cash Donations

CRYP usually makes a variety of additional purchases for the Passion for Fashion event, including makeup, food and some accessories, so every contribution helps. Please send donations to CRYP at P.O. Box 410, East Lincoln Street, Eagle Butte, SD 57625.