High school English teacher Pattianna Harootian knows her students can barely afford the $130 ticket to prom, let alone a new dress and shoes. But if they write an essay about ‘giving back,' she'll give them a prom dress. More from columnist AbcarianLAT:
Ymani Jackson, 17, admires the prom dress she picked after participating in an essay writing contest at the Humanity and Arts Academy of Los Angeles, on the campus of Narbonne High School. English teacher Pattianna Harootian's charity, Knock Outs for Girls, sponsored the contest.
“I’ve been waiting for prom since I was 4 years old!” said Nia Burton, who plans to attend Texas Southern University next year. “I’m all about teaching my kids to be charitable,” Harootian said. Boxing had given her incredible confidence, she said, so after she left the ring, she founded a charity called Knock Outs for Girls. She wanted to teach girls to box, to remind them of their own strength, and to encourage them to empower themselves by doing good things for other people.
This summer, Tiffani will volunteer at Children’s Hospital. “There are so many who just need support and unconditional love,” she wrote. “My ultimate goal in life is to spread love.” Cylina Cobos’ mother always told her to “be the light in such a dim world.” Her family situation was bad. She was verbally and emotionally abused by someone close to her, and felt worthless. “I know how it feels to lose hope,” she wrote. “Girls need to know that they are beautiful and they are worth finding, worth knowing, worth loving. Sometimes you need to forget what you feel and remember what you deserve.
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