Share the Christmas spirit - Sponsor a Dress

Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts. 

~ Janice Maeditere

Well, Christmas is really just around the corner. Would you like to share the christmas spirit with disadvantaged kids? Sponsor a Dress. There are still lots of dresses and boys' sets to choose from. Proceeds from the sponsorship will be donated to the Christina Noble Childrens' Foundation to help make their Clean Water Tank Project for 100 families in Vietnam be a success. To sponsor a dress, please click on the link below -

Dress Sponsorship Program

If dress sponsorship is not your thing, you can still help raise the necessary funds by purchasing any of the fabric-mirror backed buttons that are for sale -

or the fabric covered button hairclips -

or any of the Betty Alderman patterns if you are into patchwork and quilting -

To check out these items or make a purchase, please click on any of the images above. Full proceeds from the purchase of any of these items will also be donated to the Foundation. A tax receipt will be issued in your name with the purchase amount as your donation amount. Share the spirit of Christmas and help save lives in Vietnam. Thank you.

Final Cut-off Date of Dresses - Nov 30, 2017

Just a friendly reminder for those who are still intending to donate dresses for the 2017 Christmas collection, the final cut-off date is this coming Thursday, 30th of November 2017. All dresses must be posted on or before this date. For postal address, please send me an email and.or message from my facebook page. Thank you.

Feedback Dress Distribution #114 - Vigan Phils - Nov 2017

I did this distribution when I visited Vigan, Ilocos Sur in the Philippines last week. These kids (21 girls and 5 boys from a day-care center) are indigent kids which were literally picked from classes that had indigent and non-indigent kids combined.

Thank you to the donors of these dresses that made this distribution possible. Thank you.

Dress Distribution #115 - Children of Peru

This is my act of kindness for the year 2017. Allocating and sharing dresses from the 2017 Christmas collection to the children of Peru. Seventeen dresses will be sent to my friend Julia Quintana who will then allocate to children in need.
This the parcel -

and these are the dresses inside the parcel -

made possible by Monika Osvald, Yvonne Henderson and Sue Pursche. This will be an early Christmas present for those children who will be lucky enough to receive a dress. Thank you to Monika, Yvonne and Sue for their generous donations. It is much appreciated.

Dress Distribution #114 for Vigan Philippines

Twenty dresses and five t-shirts/pairs of shorts set for boys have been allocation from the 2017 Christmas collection for the less fortunate kids of Vigan Philippines. I will be leaving for Manila on Friday, 17th of November and will be handcarrying these dresses to distribute in Vigan. These are the dresses -

made possible by Yvonne Henderson and Monika Osvald. These allocations will be an early Christmas presents for the kids who will be lucky enough to receive them. Thank you to Yvonne and Monika for making this distribution possible. Much appreciated

Sponsor a Dress on World Kindness Day

‘My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.’ – Dalai Lama

Kindness starts with one 'dress'. help celebrate world kindness day by sponsoring a dress. let us shower these disadvantaged kids with dresses because we care about the world in which we live in. 'they wear because we care' especially this Christmas. To sponsor, just click on the image below -

or click on the link below . Thank you.

Dress Sponsorship Program on World Kindness Day

Final Cut-off date for dress donations - 30th of Nov 2017

Just a friendly reminder to everyone who wants to make a difference this Christmas and would like to donate dresses, the final cut-off date for dresses will be on Thursday, 30th of November 2017. All dresses should be posted on or before this cut-off date. This will be the last collection for the year 2017.

For those who do not have the time to sew but would like to share the spirit of Christmas, my Dress Sponsorship Program is available. Proceeds from the sponsorship will be donated to the Christina Noble Children's Foundation Australia for their Clean Water Tank Project for 100 families in Vietnam. To check out dresses available for sponsorship, please click on the link below -

Dress Sponsorship Program

To know more about the Christina Noble Children's Foundation Australia's clean water tank project for Vietnam, click on the link below.

CNCF's Clean Water Tank Project for Vietnam

Hit two birds with one stone before the year 2017 ends. Come on board. Sponsor a dress. Thank you.

Sponsor clothes to make a difference this Christmas

Just less than 2 months away and a lot of us are now starting to feel the spirit of Christmas in the air. Christmas is just around the corner. Have you included 'making a difference' this Christmas in your to-do list? Share the spirit of Christmas with the less fortunate and my dress sponsorship program will make it easy for you. In fact, you get to hit 2 birds with one stone with the program. Sponsor a dress and you get to help raise money for the CNCF's Clean Water Tank for Vietnam project and at the same time you get to make a difference to a life of a disadvantaged child by providing the child with new clothing. Come on board. Join the rest of us who are making a difference this Christmas and sponsor a dress. There are lots of clothes to choose from - all you have to do is click on the images below -
1) You can sponsor these 2 t-shirts/pairs of shorts set for boys with undies for $20.00 -

2) Or you can sponsor these 3 sets of peasant dresses for girls for  $25.00 -

 3) Another choice are these 3 pillowcase style of dresses with undies for $25.00 -

 4) or these set still with undies for $25.00 -

5) Or if you think one dress is enough to give away this Christmas, then you can sponsor this dress for $12.00 -

6) Or you can even sponsor a dress for a girl with undie and a t-shirt/pair of shorts also with undie for a boy for $22.00 if your thing is making a balance and that is make a difference between a disadvantaged boy and a disadvantaged girl -

Full proceeds of sponsorships will be donated to the Clean Water Tank project of the Christina Noble Children's Foundation (Australia) to help save lives for at least 100 families in Vietnam. Tax receipts will be issued in your name by the organization. So what are you waiting for. Come on board. Sponsor a dress or dresses or t-shirts/pair of shorts for boys and help break the cycle of poverty. Let us give hope to those who are desperately in need this coming Christmas. Let us help spread joy, hope and compassion. For more selections/choices of clothes to sponsor, click on the link below. Thank you.

Dress Sponsorship Program

To know more about the Clean Water Tank project and/or the Chistina Noble Children's Foundation (Australia), click on the link below. Thank you.

Clean Water Tank Project of CNCF

I will be travelling later this month to the Philippines and early next year to Bangkok so I will be handcarrying with me some of these dresses. Thank you.

Donation #6 - 2017 Christmas Collection - From Colleen Mundt

Another parcel arrived last Friday,27th of Nov from Colleen Mundt. The parcel included 15 dresses and 20 pairs of undies.

Thank you Colleen. Much appreciated.

Donation #5 - 2017 Christmas Collection - From Anne

Received today a parcel of 7 dresses and 5 school totes from Anne McGinnes. These dresses will be allocated to an orphanage in Bangkok.

I have also reallocated the 7 dresses from donation #2 by Elaine Klein to the Bangkok collection. The Bangkok collection will be distributed early next year 2018.

Thank you to Anne for the generous donation. Thank you for consistently supporting Dress A Girl Australia's goal of providing dresses to the less fortunate children this coming Christmas 2018. Thank you.

Feedback Dress Distribution #110 - Pakistan

Feedback of dress distribution made by Lubna Ghani in Pakistan. These 4 dresses were sewn by the Year 9 students of the Rockhampton Grammar School in Rockhampton under the guidance of Mrs Julie Dunlop, their Year 9 Catering/Fashion Teacher. Thank you to Lubna for sparing the time to distribute the dresses. Your time and effort is much appreciated. Thank you.

Donation #4 - 2017 Christmas Collection - From Sue Pursche

Today's parcel had 8 dresses sent in by Sue Pursche.

Thank you to Sue for  supporting Dress A Girl Australia's goal of providing dresses to the less fortunate kids in the world this Christmas. Much appreciated.

First cut-off date for donating dresses in 2 weeks time

Wow. Time flies so fast. In two weeks time, the first cut-off date for donating dresses for the 2017 Christmas collection is going to happen. The first cut-off date is Tuesday, 31st of October 2017. If your dresses are ready, please send me a message for the postal address. Not to worry though. If you cannot make it on the first cut-off date, the final date for donating dresses will be on Thursday, 30th of November, 2017. Another 4 weeks to give you enough time to make dresses. So the choice is yours. Get on board. Sew and send your dresses.

If you cannot seem to find the time to sew but still want to make a difference, sponsor a dress. For as low as $10.00 you  can make a difference to a life of a disadvantage kid. To sponsor, all you have to do is click on the link below. Thank you.

Dress Sponsorship Program

Proceeds from the sponsorship will be donated to the Christina Noble Children's Foundation Australia's clean water tank for clean water project in Vietnam. Tax receipts will be issued for your donation by the foundation. Thank you.

Get on Board. Sponsor a Dress and help save lives in Vietnam

Looking for a simple way to make a difference? Sponsor two sets of boys' clothes. For $20.00 you get to sponsor 2 t-shirts, 2 pairs of shorts and 2 undies for 2 less fortunate boys and at the same time help save lives in Vietnam. Your sponsorship will help raise money to provide clean water tanks for clean water for at least 100 families in Vietnam. To sponsor, all you have to do is click on the image below - Get on board. sponsor a dress. Thank you.

Donation #3 - 2017 Christmas Collection - From Monika

Today's third parcel for the 2017 Christmas collection camé from Monika Osvald which had 12 dresses, 10 t-shirts, 14 pairs of shorts and undies. I added in 4 t-shirts to complete 14 boys'sets. 

Thanks to Monika for the generous donation to the 2017 Christmas collection. Much appreciated.

Donation #2 - 2017 Christmas Collection - From Elaine K

Today's parcel and donation #2 to my 2017 Christmas collection was sent by Elaine Klein and included 7 dresses with undies and 22 school totes.

Thank you, Elaine. Much appreciated.

Donation #1 - 2017 Christmas Collection - From Yvonne

Received the first parcel of 30 dresses and 5 pairs of t-shirts/pair of shorts set from Yvonne Henderson for the 2017 Christmas collection.

Many thanks to Yvonne for the wonderful donations and for consistently supporting Dress A Girl Australia's project of providing dresses to the less fortunate kids especially at Christmas time. Thank you for helping make a difference to the lives of these kids. Much appreciated.

2 dresses added to my Dress Sponsorship Program to support CNCF

These 2 dresses were added to my dress sponsorship program. For $10.00 per dress you can sponsor this dress and help save lives in Vietnam. Your sponsorship will help raise money to provide clean water tanks for clean water for at least 100 families in Vietnam. To sponsor, all you have to do is click on the dresses below. Thank you.