`` We are dreaming for children who are excluded from their proms , and ... you 're going to see people walk through the doors who are going to be just absolutely mesmerized , '' said McCormick , president of a Virginia-based nonprofit called The House , ` ` The Cinderella Ball '' is held at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington . Teens with diabetes , autism , Down syndrome get to attend a prom of their own . Teens go down a red carpet and under a Marine Corps sword arch before graduation . Organizer Helen McCormick arranges top talent -- 2007 ` ` Ball '' winner Jennifer Jones .
` ` The Cinderella Ball '' is held at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington . Teens with diabetes , autism , Down syndrome get to attend a prom of their own . Teens go down a red carpet and under a Marine Corps sword arch before graduation . Organizer Helen McCormick arranges top talent -- 2007 ` ` Ball '' winner Jennifer Jones .