Students gather Down East for free prom dress swap

Lisa Peralta, left, is joined by her friend Stefania Putzu after having a hair consultation at the prom dress exchange at Washington Academy April 11. Buy Photo Some of the 375 dresses collected by National Honor Society students at Washington Academy hang on a rack at the prom dress exchange April 11. Buy Photo Janie Towne of Whiting does some alterations to a dress for a student who picked it out at the exchange April 11. The event was sponsored by the National Honor Society, which collected 375 dresses. Buy Photo Mary Kay consultant Whitney Garner of Machias dabs a bit of makeup on the hand of Washington Academy student Maya Rieder.