SNAP Hosts Post-Prom Party

After three months of work and fundraising - and about 100 feet of murals painted - the SNAP () organization debuted this year's party during a walkthrough on Saturday evening.

The post-prom party didn't begin until 11:00 p.m., but parents and other volunteers had been at the high school since 6:00 a.m. Saturday putting final touches on everything.

Activities included casino tables, carnival games, inflatables in the gym, karaoke, and the very-popular prize drawings. Prizes this year included two iPads, a laptop, a selection of gift cards, and the two biggest prizes, $500 for a junior and $1,000 for a senior.

To encourage the students to stay for the duration of the party, the big prizes are handed out at 4:00 a.m.

Chairpersons Karyn Canning and Diane Posner as well as their committees did everything from collecting donations, organizing fundraisers like the and "," and to chaperone the party.

Posner said the New York theme was teacher Jean Lare's idea.

"It was [Lare's] vision the whole time," she said.

Decorations were done either at worknights at , where Lare is a second-grade teacher, or at home by volunteers.

"Some people have never come to a worknight but they're doing 30-foot murals at home," Lare said.