FOAM PARTY AT BATAVIA APARTMENTS TO KICK OFF THE SUMMER!
Another fun event at Batavia Apartments with the Chip In sponsored Foam Party. The wind this year added floating clouds of foam to the fun. Batavia Apartments staff organized a great event with lots of love from all the resources in our community and from their own wonderful staff. Hello summer!
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 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 Occasions 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!
