McKeesport HS girls receive gowns through Project Prom
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March 30, 2022

McKeesport HS girls receive gowns through Project Prom

By Mon Valley Independent

By JEFF STITT

jstitt@yourmvi.com

Thanks to the efforts of Project Prom, Beulah Park United Methodist Church and generous donors, a group of 33 students from McKeesport Area and West Mifflin Area school districts are headed to prom this year looking glamorous. 

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