I know what you’re thinking. What on earth are they WEARING?!?
Remember back in June, when I did Relay For Life and I asked for sponsors? You guys really came through for me — I raised hundreds of dollars for the Canadian Cancer Society by walking around a track overnight for 12 hours with Neesa and Natalia and others wearing some pretty fugly outfits. Believe me, we wouldn’t be caught dead in these threads if it weren’t for a good cause!
I just attended a volunteer meeting at The Brides’ Project tonight and one of the items on the agenda is that we are very low on dresses right now. Due to economic factors we aren’t receiving the same level of donations from salons that we have in the past, but we have more appointments than ever. Since we were featured on the CBC in June our dress donations from individuals has increased, but it’s apparently not enough. CityTV was at the shop today and will be mentioning us either tomorrow or the following day, but I don’t have a TV… watch for me, please! (Not that I’ll be in it, but you know what I mean.)
It’s such a weird title for a post, but this is a call for wedding dresses! If you just got married, or have a wedding dress that’s less than five years old, or know someone who recently married and would like to donate her dress to a non-profit bridal salon that supports cancer charities, send her to our website to learn more about what we do and how to go about donating her dress:
http://www.thebridesproject.com
I’m the webmaster, the in-house photographer, and I also volunteer in the shop, so if she wants to know more I can certainly tell her all about it — by phone, email, what-have-you. I’ve been a volunteer at The Brides’ Project for exactly a year and supporting cancer charities is something very personal to me, having lost the love of my life to cancer only a couple of months after our wedding. Tomorrow would’ve been our four-year wedding anniversary had David survived. I can’t get those four years back, but I can certainly do this…
We call the dresses that have been down the aisle more than once our “Good Karma Dresses” and some of them have even been down the aisle several times. One bride in Saskatchewan wore it again for a “Trash the Dress” photo session, sent it through the washing machine (it came out perfectly clean), and declared it “durable — just like my marriage”. Yes, we’re environmentally friendly, too!
If you decide to donate your wedding dress, you can leave a note for the next bride and share in the joy, knowing that your donation will go the mile towards supporting Camp Quality and other cancer-related charities. And it will very likely encourage the next person to do the same. See? I’ve got dozens of stories just like that volunteering at TBP over the past year. Be the next one!
