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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Dress a Girl gets national exposure with TV interview on "The Better Show"

This past fall I was asked if I would like to be featured on "The Better Show" for a segment they call "Women Who Inspire." I had the opportunity to travel into NYC to do an interview with Audra Lowe of "The Better Show" about Dress a Girl Around the World. It was lots of fun and I really enjoyed being able to talk about DAG knowing how many people would be able to see what we are doing to help bless little girls with their own pretty pillowcase dress! What a great opportunity to share!

Watch for yourself by clicking this link: The Better Show-Dress a Girl Around the World

If you are interested in helping, please respond in the comments below or email me at dressagirlct@gmail.com.

We are always in need of financial help to purchase those things that are not donated such as trimmings, labels, postage and supplies. 100% of your donations are used for Dress a Girl Connecticut as we seek to bless girls worldwide. If you can help us, please click the "DONATE" button on the top right of this page. Help us brighten a little girls Christmas this year.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Dresses looking for a ride! :)

Are you traveling to a country with basic clothing needs for it's girls? We are an organization of caring people who want to bless little girls with a new pretty pillowcase dress to raise her self esteem, maker her feel pretty and put a smile on her face...as well as meet basic clothing needs.

A girl in Zimbabwe waiting for her first pretty dress.

My name is Janine and I am the Connecticut State Representative for Dress a Girl Around the World. We transform ordinary pillowcases into extraordinary, beautiful pillowcase dresses. Each dress is handmade by a caring individual who selflessly constructs the dress, primarily out of donated materials, into something any girl would be proud to wear. The dresses aim to meet basic needs but more than that, to make the girl who is blessed with it feel pretty. The dresses are put on a girl right over any existing clothes she may have and a moment is spent on her level to fasten the ties over her shoulders. She is told that the dress is a gift from someone who made it by hand simply out of love for her. She is told that there is a God that loves her and that she is important. For some girls, this is more individual attention than she may have had in a long time. In many countries, girls have no value, no worth in the eyes of the people. However, every person, every girls is special and important to God and we are trying to spread God's love by sharing these dresses with girls everywhere.


You can see she feels pretty and loved!

To date, Dress a Girl has blessed 126,000 girls in 64 countries with dresses of their own. I am actively looking for people in and around Connecticut who are traveling where there is a need for these dresses. I can offer you dresses and all that I ask is that you bless the girls as described above and take photos of the girls receiving the dresses so that we may share those pictures with everyone that sews for us. The photos and stories are what drive all of us to continue to sew. I can hardly put into words how awesome it is to see a dress I made on a girl who is smiling and feeling good about herself! This goes for every person who sews for Dress a Girl.

Dress a Girl Connecticut has made over 4500 dresses since I started in 2010 and we have many women getting involved each day. It takes many volunteers, generous donations-both of materials and financial donations to keep us going. Every penny we receive in will be put back into dress materials, label costs and shipping when necessary.

If you, your organization or your church are traveling soon, please contact me to arrange to get dresses to bless girls. I currently have about 500 dresses looking for a ride to a needy girl.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

DRESSES READY FOR SHIPMENT!

I need your help! I currently have 134 dresses packed and ready for shipment (and more waiting to be packed and shipped). These dresses are headed to Cambodia with missionaries that have requested a total of 10,000 dresses from Dress a Girl Around the World. There is great need in Cambodia to lift up the girls in prayer and to bless them with their own handmade pillowcase dresses! A new dress for a little girl who has never had one will raise her self esteem and make her feel pretty. It is a selfless act of love to make these dresses for a girl you may never meet. It shows her that she is loved. By others and by God. We are seeking to provide God's best in the dresses we make.

I estimate that it will cost about $60 to ship these dresses the the port in South Carolina where the group will load them with all the others coming in from all over Dress a Girl sewers onto the ship that will sail to Cambodia in the next few months. Please pray for the girls of Cambodia and if you can help us with any of the cost of shipping, please click on the "DONATE" button on the right of this page. 100% off you donation will go to helping us bless little girls. Thank you.

Let's give them smiles like this!

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

What a month it has been!

I am so grateful for all that has happened in this past month! It has been a mega month for Dress a Girl Connecticut!

Thanks to Farrah Duffany of MyRecordJournal.com's article and video news report on Dress a Girl Connecticut, this ministry has gone viral! The Associated Press picked up the article and it has run in a viral manner throughout New England in major and local newspapers! It still continues to run a few weeks later! I have been completely overwhelmed and swamped with calls, emails and requests to help from all over New England!

You can view the article and pictures here: MyRecordJournal.com-Dress a Girl Connecticut.

In addition, I have been contacted by the owners of an upscale store in West Hartford Center about partnering with them to celebrate girls and women! Two big events are in the works! What a blessing this is!!! I don't want to go into details yet as we are still solidifying plans but trust me, it is REALLY big & exciting!

I have been contacted by so many people! Everyone wants to help! So wonderful! We really need more help and here are ways you can become involved-even if you can't sew!

DONATE !!!

We need PILLOWCASES of all sizes and colors. We just ask that they not be see-through!

We can use lightweight cotton and cotton blend FABRICS in larger pieces. If you are/were a quilter and have fabric left over, we'd love it-just no tiny pieces please!