What: Brides Against Breast Cancer Gown Sale, a fundraising event for Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation
When: July 18 & 19, 2009
Saturday July 18 Power Hours, 10 am – noon $20 Admission per attendee; followed by General Sale 12 – 8 pm Free Admission
Sunday July 19, General Sale 10 am – 4 pm Free Admission
Where: Westin Arlington Gateway, Arlington VA (Ballston area)
Why:
* The Foundation’s mission “Our mission is to grant wishes, including memory-making events, for metastatic breast cancer patients, while continuing to support, educate and increase resource awareness.” Some of the wishes they granted included family trip to Disney World, meeting a celebrity, and swimming with dolphins.
* This unique opportunity allows brides-to-be a chance to find the gown of their dreams at a remarkable price, while helping to make wishes and memory-making events come true. Most gown prices range from $89 to $799*, including hundreds of beautiful new name brand and designer gowns valued up to $8,000. *Exclusive designer and couture gowns valued up to $20,000 are also available at an incredible 25% to 75% savings.
You can also donate your gown.
We had a wonderful time volunteering at this event last year (more here) and will be volunteering again this year! Hope to see you there! For more info, click here.
Vicky
What a wonderful idea!! I hope you don’t mind if I post this on my blog as well….just to help get the word out….
I’m not a bride, but I may stop by on Saturday to donate and see whats goin’ on. Thanks for the heads up!!!
Please do Terra! It’s a great cause.