I was a bridesmaid once. We wore pretty pretty pink princess dresses complete with trains (see picture to the right). After the wedding, I thought about where I'd be able to wear this dress again, and my only conclusion was that I could add fairy wings, don a flower halo, and with wand in hand, I could go to a Halloween party as a fairy princess. What did I do instead? I donated my dress to Goodwill. The crappy part of this story is that I had been storing my very expensive bustier/corset in the same bag as the dress, and forgot to take it out upon donation. Some lucky girl out there has a Felina bustier...I hope she's appreciating it!Now, I have no idea if some teenage girl is enjoying the pink dress, but I sure as heck hope so! You never know where your donated items will end up when you give them to Goodwill.
But, now there's hope for your taffeta gown...donate it to a charity who will pass it onto underprivileged girls who can't afford a prom dress. Make a dream come true and turn some little Cinderella into a princess!
Rightly so, the most prominant charity out there for this specialized donation is called The Cinderella Project. There are localized, autonomous chapters for this charity, so you can search online for the chapter in your city. I found the following:
The Cinderella Project - LA
Send dresses to Arlene Rosin
c/o The Cinderella Project
1966 E. Via Arado
Rancho Dominguez, CA 90220
The Cinderella Project - NY
The Princess Project - SF
Princess for a Night - D.C.
I Do Foundation
http://www.idofoundation.org/resources/dresses/
http://www.idofoundation.org/resources/dresses/
The Glass Slipper Project - Chicago
Gowns for Girls - LowerEastside Girls Club - NY
The Cinderella Project of New Hampshire
Fairy Godmothers of Greater Rochester - NY
http://www.fairygodmothersrochester.com/
Inside the Dream - Ontario, Canada
http://www.insidethedream.org/
The Enchanted Closet - Atlanta
Inside the Dream - Ontario, Canada
http://www.insidethedream.org/
The Enchanted Closet - Atlanta
By the way, in case you were wondering, I went as The Hulk that year for Halloween...
7 comments:
What a great idea! My old brides maid dresses have been taking up lots of much needed space in my closet. Thanks!
Here is another organization that you can donate your old bridesmaid dress. www.thebridesmaidparty.com
They recycle the dresses to support women that has mico funding for their small businesses in Africa and Afganistan by retraining, recycling old dresses into new products.
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I volunteer with the Ballroom Blitz. They have been donating prom gowns to grade 12 graduates in Ontario Canada.
We are holding a 'Redesign Competition' this year, for art and fashion students to take the old unfashionable gowns and recreate a stunning new prom gown.
Thank you for updating the blog...it's great to get the word out and get those bridesmaid dresses a second life.
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Sport netDispatch Beijing time on March 13, the Aifuleite that conquer of 113-76 of Beijing abstruse god comes from American ABA league matches dock industry group, carry off invitational tournament of Chengdu international basketball 11 Lian Sheng. This battle Sun Yue chops below 21 minutes, have 11 board 10 secondary attack take credit. Zhang Songtao 27 minutes, jin Xin 13 minutes, li Wei 10 minutes.
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