Kenmore, NY (April 17, 2018)—The 13th annual Colvin Cleaners Gowns For Prom program, sponsored by The Allstate Foundation distributed a record 877 gowns and nearly 1,000 pieces of hand-made jewelry to high school students from throughout Western New York during distribution over three days last week at Shea’s Performing Arts Center. The young ladies selected from several thousand new and gently used gowns and were escorted by volunteers to three floors of dressing rooms to be fitted by professional seamstresses. The selected gown is then altered, dry cleaned, packaged and delivered for free by Colvin Cleaners to the young ladies’ school in time for the prom.

“We were overwhelmed by the generosity of Western New Yorkers who donated so many wonderful gowns. It gave these young ladies so many to choose from and to see them so excited when they found the perfect gown makes it all worthwhile for all of us,” said Cyndee Billoni, who founded the program with her husband, Paul, President a...