A prom dream come true Kids who cannot afford a dress get one from Junior League.(News)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May, 2005 by Dibble, Susan

Byline: Susan Dibble Daily Herald Staff Writer Ruth Medrano was all smiles. Her mother was in tears. Medrano, 18, had just been outfitted with everything she needed to go to her May 14 senior prom at West Aurora High School. The red dress with the glittery top, matching shoes and purse, necklace, bracelet and earrings might not have been possible without Cinderella's Closet because they were items her mother said the family could not afford.

Medrano herself said without the free shopping spree held at the Aurora YMCA on Saturday, she might have been asking around where she ...