All dressed up.

I've never been a fan of the prom. In high school, I boycotted it. It seemed silly to me, with the cloying corsages and poufy dresses and stretch limos. It seemed really, well, normal. Plus the money alone spent on that one night can really add up. One organization, the Princess Project, a San Francisco nonprofit, has taken up this cause celebre to give over 3,000 teens dresses who otherwise couldn't afford one, and really want to go to their prom. Who knew that your donated nightmare formalwear could be someone's dream dress.

And here's a Cinderella story: A D.C. teen, Marisa West, organized over 500 dresses to be shipped off to Katrina hurricane survivors, many who lost everything and are having their first prom since the hurricane. Now they'll also have a dress. Sometimes being normal can be nice.