BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The KeyBank Center turned into a men's formal clothing store for the day, as dozens of high school students shopped for their prom suits free of charge.
Thayne Cobb is looking well-dressed for his prom next weekend.
The Belfast Central School District senior traveled over an hour to the KeyBank Center for the St. Brian Clothiers free suit giveaway.
"It's just really nice to finally get to do something like this," Cobb said.
Cobb has had to move around a lot, and he is currently living with family friends, one of whom got to watch and share his first suit-shopping experience with him.
"He wouldn't have the opportunity unless there were programs like this that can reach out and help people," said family friend Sarah Haskins.
Dewitt Lee III's St. Brian Clothiers gave dozens of suits to teens in need, whether they needed a fresh look for prom or an outfit for a job interview.
"[The suit will] help me if I do get a job interview, or if I do end up working somewhere. I'll have a suit to help me with that," said Burgard High School senior Dominique Grandy.
Lee taught the students how to make safe decisions on prom night, and then he and several volunteers picked out suits alongside them.
"I was thinking I look pretty good," Cobb said.
"Oh, I think he looks great right now," Haskins said. "When the two [suits] he likes the most fit, you could see him just feel a sense of pride, that moment of owning it. That was really exciting, and I want to give him those opportunities to do that."
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St. Brian will host another giveaway on June 2 at the Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Branch Library.
