PHOTO GALLERY: Rock Bridge High School holds annual Prom Closet event

April 6, 2012 | 10:45 p.m. CDT

Rock Bridge High School held its fifth annual Prom Closet event Saturday. The Prom Closet offers free dresses and shoes to students, who in turn are encouraged to make a donation to Rainbow House, a child advocacy center.

Whitney Wipfler looks for a dress Saturday at Rock Bridge High School. Wipfler and other high school students helpeds put together the fourth annual Prom Closet, a charity event helps students find affordable dresses while donating money earned to Rainbow House. | Parker Miles Blohm

Shoes are put on display at Rick Bridge High School Saturday for students to buy. Prom Closet started in 2008 with the goal of helping students buy affordable dresses while donating the money earned to charity. | Parker Miles Blohm

Maddie Buchanan, Whitney Wipfler and Laura Pace look for dresses at Rock Bridge High School on Saturday. Prom Closet is a charity event helps students find affordable dresses while donating money earned to Rainbow House. | Parker Miles Blohm

Sami Kanago collects prom dresses from the back of a vehicle to bring inside Rock Bridge High School on Friday. Rock Bridge is hosting its annual Prom Closet event Saturday morning that allows people to pick up a dress for free or in exchange for a donation to Rainbow House. | Andrew Mitchell

Maddie Buchanan, 17, lifts several prom dresses above her as she walks inside Rock Bridge High School to set up for Prom Closet on Friday evening. Rock Bridge students organized and set up more than a hundred dresses in preparation for the Prom Closet event Saturday. | Andrew Mitchell

Maddie Buchanan, 17, hangs a dress on one of the racks inside of Rock Bridge High School on Friday. Buchanan was preparing for the Prom Closet event on Saturday. | Andrew Mitchell

A prom dress hangs on the back of Ty Griggs, center, while he tries to organize dresses with the help of Maddie Buchanan, left, and Matt Kelly at Rock Bridge High School on Friday. | Andrew Mitchell

A rack of prom dresses are displayed during Friday's setup for the annual Prom Closet that will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Rock Bridge High School. The dresses were organized on racks by color and size. | Andrew Mitchell

Sami Kanago, a senior at Rock Bridge High School, pauses and contemplates what should be organized during preparation of Prom Closet on Friday evening. | Andrew Mitchell