Changing Lives One Dress At A Time. 

4EVR DEZ is a community initiative based in Escambia County.  The nonprofit promotes projects throughout Northwest Florida to enrich the lives of students by empowering them with resources & opportunities that promote inclusion and equality.  

 

Every student deserves memorable moments that will last a lifetime, including formal events. Project Formal is the lead project for the nonprofit, 4EVR DEZ, Inc. The aim is to provide formal wear for students, in the Northwest Florida School Districts, who need assistance with school dance attire.  The movement promotes empowerment to students, the core mission behind 4EVR DEZ, Inc. 

 

4EVR DEZ hosts trunk shows in the spring and fall to high school students only while we provide dress donations through school delivery with our middle school outreach project.  

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4EVR DEZ whole heartedly believes every student should have an opportunity to attend a formal occasion, and this is why Project Formal is the organization's lead project.  Lack of appropriate attire due to household hardships, trauma, or other challenges shouldn't keep students from missing these types of memorable events during their school years.  Our organization is here to love, encourage and empower students who come through our trunk shows. 

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Our History:

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​In 2021, Natalie Lambert and her amazing team of volunteers founded the idea, and Project Formal planted its roots in Santa Rosa County. In 2022, Project Formal became officially associated with 4EVR DEZ, Inc., a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and expanded to serve all Northwest Florida High School students. 

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The name 4EVR DEZ was derived from Desirea Sierra who was killed through an act of domestic violence at the age of 11 and unfortunately never attended a high school formal event. Taxie Lambert, her mother, along with her daughter Katelyn Lambert and her amazing team of volunteers and board members honor Desirea by empowering students through resources and opportunities that promote inclusion and equality through projects in the NWFL area. 

 

Project Formal, the lead movement and most recognizable under the 4EVR DEZ nonprofit, is to ensure all students have the opportunity to make memorable moments at school-sponsored formal events, by empowering students with free formal wear to keep, sell, or re-donate to our dress cycle.  The dress cycle also serves other charitable organizations in our area as well as middle schoolers.

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4EVR DEZ introduced its second movement, Project Period, to the NWFL area in 2023.  The movement provides free feminine emergency packs inside middle and high schools in the NWFL area. Project Period empowers girls by supplying emergency period packs so teen girls may focus on their studies and worry less about caring for themselves during their menstrual cycle.

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4EVR DEZ makes every effort, along with the help from community sponsors and partnerships to make lasting memories for middle & high school students.      

 

4EVR DEZ, Inc. is honored and excited to bring various project movements to the NWFL area.  4EVR DEZ, Inc. serves all of Escambia through Walton County High School Students.