Women For Success held their Second Annual Volunteer Event at Dress For Success Portland a few days ago. First off I can’t believe how fast a year has gone by. It seems like just yesterday that we were there photographing the dressing room makeover. My how time has flown by. Not only have we photographed both Natalie and Crystal’s weddings, but we’ve attended quite a few other WFS events and have grown very close to these amazing women. This time around we had moved on to updating the look of a different area in the Dress For Success building, but it seemed like the extra year of familiarity we all had made for a lot more fun and zaniness as the night grew later. Everyone should be proud of how much they accomplished in that day!

- Josh

I had to be sure and document Megan’s tour of the facility to the new recruits.

I think this was about the time things started taking a turn for the weird…

Megan and Natalie’s life chains are officially bonded.

Part of the job that night was to sort through the hundreds of shoe donations. Natalie finds a rather interesting pair of boots to accent her Scripps College sweatpants. Nice look.

It’s okay, sometimes you can’t help but stare.

Phoebe’s shoe face was rather amusing.

Blake arrived in time to inspect the pizza, and Katie models a new hair style.

Make the 6′+ girl handle the top stripe measurements.

There were a few mini meltdowns, but we managed to pull it together for the final stretch.

Blake “helping” out.

Katie touching up the stripes. Megan touching up Katie’s touch-ups.

The stripes are actually pretty straight, the fisheye puts a curve on to everything.

The finished space!

Left to right: Katie, Julia, Natalie, Crystal, and Megan.