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What’s Your
Promposal?
Dre’ Helms & Donna Campbell
Florence High School English teacher Amy McAllister
is the unofficial fundraising consultant for the school. “She
always has the best, most unique ideas for fundraising,”
says Abby Nelson, FHS DECA co-sponsor. “When she
approached me with the idea of a Promposal fundraiser
for DECA, we were thrilled because we are always
looking for fundraising opportunities this time of year.”
DECA is the business club and, late in the spring
semester, the club raises money to send members to
international competition, this year in Atlanta.
As a fundraiser, Promposal 2018 really didn’t take off
but it has provided some entertainment and conversation
starters around the southwest Rankin County school.
Promposals have become a sign of the times, a way
for the youth of today to add some personality to the
pubescent ritual of asking someone to prom. All one has
to do is search online for “promposals” or just look at
your favorite social media site, and you can see many
different examples – from simple to very elaborate – of
how to ask one’s current love interest to the most sacred
of high school milestones, the prom.
Depending on whom you ask, teen couples will
spend an average of anywhere from $600 to $900 on
prom. This is no surprise to you if you are a parent of a
teen. Current research shows that the current promposal
craze has caused hopeful teens to spend an average of
$324 on just promposals. This wasn’t the case with the
three couples we will highlight from Florence High
School. In our small hometown, our students went for
heart-felt instead of high-dollar.
128 • April 2018