Lubbock Christian High School hosting ‘Prom Queen’ free prom dress event

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - It is now prom season for students in our area. That means many girls are gearing up to go dress shopping.

However, not everyone has the means to afford that formal. KCBD spoke to Lubbock Christian High School about its annual “Prom Queen” event that ensures no one misses out on that prom experience.

Lubbock Christian High School has hosted this “Prom Queen” event for the last 12 years, after it was started by a senior who saw a need.

LCHS senior Addyson Rogers says, “She had some friends that needed some dresses and they thought this was a good opportunity for them to get dresses and give them to people in the surrounding areas that don’t have the abilities or resources to get dresses.”

A tradition that has been passed down from class to class, now in the hands of seniors Addyson Rogers, Reese Bruington, and Ava Campbell.

“I am really glad we can give this opportunity to girls to experience that same feeling that all girls love to have,” Bruington said.

Thousands of prom dresses in all shapes, sizes, and colors, all donated in hopes of making the next generation of girls’ prom dreams come true.

“We have the local dress stores here; they donate a lot of dresses to us, which is very helpful and also girls just bring dresses after their formals and banquets and stuff and they give them to us,” Bruington said.

It is not just the rows and rows of beautiful dresses that come from all over.

“We had some girls that I talked to they said they came from an hour and a half away and I was like ‘Were y’all just coming to Lubbock and they were like ‘No we came for this event,’” Bruington said.

Many girls miss out on prom because of how expensive those dresses are, but LCHS hopes to make all these girls feel like prom queens for the night.