Local business, nonprofit team up to help students with cost of prom

Eagle Academy benefits

BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When Lone Tree Councilmember Marissa Harmon learned that students at Eagle Academy High School would be having their rst-ever prom this April and some students face nancial burdens, she began brainstorming ways to help.

“A lot of these kids … face this food insecurity, housing insecurity, are under a ton of nancial pressure,” Harmon said, explaining she wanted to do something to help the students. “We have to surround them with love in some way.”

Harmon — who owns a hair salon in Lone Tree called Roots and Mane along with her sister, Jessica Crimi, and brother-in-law, Jeremy Crimi — consulted with her sister about how to help the school.

After doing some online research, Harmon came across Clover’s Closet, a nonpro t based in Castle Rock that o ers free formal attire to students. Together, Roots and Mane and Clover’s Closet partnered to bring prom clothing options to Eagle students.

“When people like Marissa come to me, it’s just a blessing and I just appreciate it so much,” said Karen