It's a simple project. It doesn't take a lot of hours, it's just donating what you have.

The girls always send pictures of themselves in the dresses. Some have even donated the dresses back to us.

We don't turn away girls who can afford dresses. It's open to everyone.

We pick a date at the high school and set up shop. Young ladies can try them [the dresses] on. The girls have fun and giggle a lot.

Part of the joy and pleasure of English is its boundless creativity: I can describe a new machine as bicyclish, I can say that I'm vitamining myself to stave off a cold, I can complain that someone is the smilingest person I've ever seen, and I can decide, out of the blue, that 'fetch' is now the word I want to use to mean 'cool.'

Writing really evokes empathy in a way very few things can do.