Joy Prom News Today

Joy Prom is underway, a special event for those with differing abilities to get dolled up, walk the red carpet and dance the night away!

Twenty-two artists are featured in "It Was All A Dream," the 40th anniversary exhibit of The Enrichment Center. A partnership with The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, the exhibit runs through Aug. 26 at Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts. The grand opening is Friday from 5 to 7 p.m.

The Sumter Joy Prom is on Friday at 6 p.m. Community members are banding together to donate their time and services to put on the event at the O'Donnell House.

A dance party for teens with disabilities are able to dress up and experience the prom they deserve to have. 

Cinco Ranch High School held their annual Joy Prom for the Katy community special needs youth and young adults ages 12 and up. Local ice cream shop, Howdy Homemade Ice Cream, who employs special needs adults, provided hair and makeup services to about 15 young ladies attending the prom.

HIGH COUNTRY — Volunteers and excited soon-to-be prom attendees filled the Atrium at Alliance Bible Fellowship in Boone to try on outfits and accessories in preparation for the upcoming Joy

Andrew Doumit can barely contain his excitement as his mother, Terri, gives him a shave and cuts his hair. She then brings out the main attraction of the proceedings, his brand new tuxedo t-shirt.

The Blue Key Honor Society consists of UNR students who promote service in the college community.

Autumn Silvera, who was in hospice care the past two weeks after a series of seizures permanently damaged her brain and body, died Friday. She was 17.

Autumn Silvera, 17, was at the center of a WCSD lawsuit, then she was separated from her family during the pandemic. Now shes at home in hospice.